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Spendor A6's Finally Arrived

Mike - Almost 2 yrs now and you are still happy with the A6. I have been following this and BigEric's "The Spendor Thread" and Art's A6r. Well the r are over my price range so I am looking at used A6. A pair went on Agon for $1500 a few months ago. That streaches my limit.

I see you changed amps after getting the Spendors. Was that for better sound quality? Was it for power, as I see you got a very powerful amp.

My situation is different. I have my dream integrated amp already, a Sonneteer Orton, which makes all all the speakers that I have tried with them sound better (6 pair tested so far). It is not a high power amp so I need to be careful about speakers.
I notice that the A6 are rated at 86 db sensitivity into 8 ohms. My Castle Severn small floor standing speakers are 87 db and are easy to power. I have been switching the Orton between Quad Classics which are 86 db at 6 ohms, very easy to power and the Rogers LS3/5a are 15 ohms and I turn the volume up pretty high to get them cooking.
 
The Spendors are far more efficient than 15 ohm LS3/5As.
The Sonneteer won't even break a sweat to power A6s.
 
KevinCorr said:
Mike - Almost 2 yrs now and you are still happy with the A6. I have been following this and BigEric's "The Spendor Thread" and Art's A6r. Well the r are over my price range so I am looking at used A6. A pair went on Agon for $1500 a few months ago. That streaches my limit.

I see you changed amps after getting the Spendors. Was that for better sound quality? Was it for power, as I see you got a very powerful amp.

My situation is different. I have my dream integrated amp already, a Sonneteer Orton, which makes all all the speakers that I have tried with them sound better (6 pair tested so far). It is not a high power amp so I need to be careful about speakers.
I notice that the A6 are rated at 86 db sensitivity into 8 ohms. My Castle Severn small floor standing speakers are 87 db and are easy to power. I have been switching the Orton between Quad Classics which are 86 db at 6 ohms, very easy to power and the Rogers LS3/5a are 15 ohms and I turn the volume up pretty high to get them cooking.
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The M6i is a great amplifier and I have zero complaints. I agree with Audiodon though, a great amp like the Sonneteer will drive them, no sweat. In fact, I've been thinking about how my Spendors might sound with a Naim XS or Supernait. As long as the amp has a hefty, robust power supply, high current capability you'll find the Spendors a pretty good match.

I bought the M6i at the time because I could and it was one the amps highly spoke about in some of the British forums. There is a broad opinion that the Spendors aren't that fussy.

I love my A6's!:music:
 
audiodon and Mike- Thanks for the insight. No speakers in Alaska to audition so I must just wing it.

The M6i looks great btw!
 
davidro said:
so no upgrade bug yet eh Mike??
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I just got bitten by the Shunyata Black Mambas, sonic bliss with my gear so far. Best upgrade I've made in a long time.

However, yes there seems to be an amp bug I'm trying to swat down :D

Must resist!:music:

Still have to work to do on some acoustics.
 
What amp is in consideration? And I knew about the Speaker cables, but just know noticed you have the Shunyata Power Cabling.....which one? I'm sure your rig is sounding absolutely great!
 
slippers-on said:
What amp is in consideration? And I knew about the Speaker cables, but just know noticed you have the Shunyata Power Cabling.....which one? I'm sure your rig is sounding absolutely great!
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Shunyata Venom HC for the amp and Shunyata Venom Source for DAC and transport. I need one mor Venom HC for my PS Audio Dectet which is on its way from PS Audio after a software upgrade for a known bug.

Byron, the amp.....I just don't know. I've tried tubes in a phono preamp.....didn't like 'em. I tried a well regarded tube line stage preamp paired with a Parasound power amp.....didn't like it.
The M6i is a beast of an amp with absolute control of bass frequencies and I've heard it described as offering a "slightly tubey" mid and high but what I've found is that if whatever comes down from the source, the M6i doesn't mess with it, very neutral.

I've thought about auditioning a Prima Luna Dialog 5 power amp paired with the M6i front end. Conversely, I have been interested in the Naim Supernait 2 which I'd don't think is as neutral as the M6i. What is "the Naim sound" anyway?

I've got some more acoustic tweaking to do which shows a great return so far. Amps seem to be further down the road but the one thing that keeps bugging me is that I've never tried a tube power amp in any system I've owned. Maybe if I can get the local Prima Luna dealer to allow a home audition I can put that behind me, stick with the M6i and buy some more music:D
 
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