What is your opinion on the Studio Grands?
Christoph owns a pair. He doesn't use the subs though. They are more alternative to duettas.
Also the panels are more duetta sized, in a big room they are not going to do the power and scale and grandeur of the grands with all that power
Yes, but grands are almost unobtainable and we can get cheap duetta signatures easily ...
Yes, but grands are almost unobtainable and we can get cheap duetta signatures easily ...
I think 3060 is your number lol
Two is fine. Grands are one hour from Schipol
IB will be able to get Henk's Grands based on his budget and size, and he already has the Boulders. Duettas are more for my size and budget considerations. With your room size I would have got the FR. The difference in price between duetta, Scintilla, Diva, and FR is not much - approx. 8k, 11k, 12k, 17k Euro plus any special crossover component cost, WBT connectors or wire cabling you desire. So it mainly becomes a space and amplification issue.
So where did i get the idea that four stereo amps are required for the grands?
How much for the Grands, Ked?
I'm guessing they were the ones requiring four stereo amps?
I know of a pair of 2050's, that would get me halfway there...
From the eight Krell MDA-300s mentioned here?
The only people I know who have heard the Grand are Ked and Ron. I can't comment on any practical experience with them at all.
I heard two different pairs of Grands
They can be absolutely awesome when perfectly overhauled and equally set up.
But the need for 4 additional channels to the already built-in 4 channels (of Krell amplification) is almost as off-putting as the extreme complication of that speaker. There are thousands of possible settings that interact with each other.
IMHO the Grand is only for an extremely tech savvy owner who likes to tweak even more than to just listen to music.
2 stereo amps or, if monoblocks, 4 monos. But 2 pairs.
Grands are a collector's item. So it depends how much you can negotiate with Henk to get his. I would only get his, really.
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