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Old 03-22-2015, 06:16 PM
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I acquired a pretty pristine pair of 846A's from the son of the original owner up in Oregon back in 2011. It was a bear getting them safely down to sunny Orange County (now South Bay) but it was well worth the effort! I originally paired them with older Audio Research tube gear which was a very good match but when I acquired a Monbrison preamp (soon to be a Masseto; thanks Matt!) and a Cortese SET amp, that was the game changer. The Shindo-Altec system synergy is amazing! Emotionally involving music, nothing out of balance, never fatiguing. I don't think I'll ever need to seek another main pair of speakers.

Once I get firmly into my new digs in Northern Cal in about 18 months, I will experiment with tweaks like raising them on stands and possibly the German crossovers that JayBass wrote about but if these things don't come to pass, I still would be totally satisfied with the 846A's present performance.
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