You’re asking the wrong group.
I suggest that Upscale Audio, or HiFi Heaven, or even your local dealer, would be more attentive. They’re going to have regular exposure to these product lines. Most of the people who post here are not intimately familiar with them.
In a recent thread,
@Ron Resnick asked the group to suggest a sub $10k system. Many suggestions were made, but in the end the budget was dropped to $4k, and the system that was chosen was put together by Crutchfield. I expect that if you called Crutchfield, they would happily chat you up and give you both pre and post sale support.
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Here’s the system finally purchased:
Ron wrote:
“About a month ago I sent Marc a list of proposed components, with a couple of alternatives in a couple of categories. I think this group on this thread did a great job whittling down the infinite possibilities to a great stereo components suggestion!
Marc emailed today to report that he faced some unexpected bills, and he had to reduce the total budget to about $4,000. He became concerned about the complexity of putting together a stereo system whose components were sourced by different dealers, with no single dealer taking responsibility for getting the system working.
He visited a brick and mortar Crutchfield store with a singer friend of his who went to Juliard. Crutchfield recommended, and Marc purchased, these components:
Bowers & Wilkins 606 S3
SVS SB-1000 Pro
Dual CS 429
Marantz CD6007
NAD C 368 BluOS-2i
Marc is very happy with the sound of the new system, and he highly recommends Crutchfield!”
