Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
There is some affordable stuff in the Class C section here (affordable for someone seriously considering dropping $1000+ on loudspeakers).
BTW I'm pairing my HD800 with a WA7, and the sound is pretty specular.
I would guess that the D 3020 would work just fine for the LS50's. Are there better amps available? Yes, of course, but it comes down to how much you want to spend.
Some amps that I'd be curious to try with LS50's are the Wyred4Sound mINT (as per http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2013/07/kef-ls50-loudspeakers-w-three-budget-amplifiers/), Music Hall a15.3, Creek Evolution 50A, Exposure 2010S, Naim NAIT 5si, Peachtree Nova nova125SE, Arcam FMJ A19, and a Rega Brio-R.
I can imagine that being a good pairing. Do you have the upgrade tubes? I still want to get them. Sennheisers seem to really love tubes (although I will say, one of the best HD800 setups I've ever heard was an Ayre QA-9 feeding a Headamp GS-X Mk II, which is solid state amp).