[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by Rafale

Stephen....what were the other speakers in competition against your Dynaudio?

Philippe,
Actually, in terms of my purchasing history, none. My fist pair of speakers when I got back into audio after an absence of 20 years was a pair of Audience 72s, which I really like. I had been reading about Dyns from the various owners at AVS, and decided that the Contour S3.4s would likely be my ideal speakers. Then I got an opportunity to get a pair of Contour S3.4s, and that's what I've had ever since.

If you mean what other speakers I would consider owning other than Dynaudios, I also really like Avalon, Harbeth, Quads, Evolution Acoutics, GamuT, TAD, of course. I also love the Sonus Faber Cremona M, but they are fairly on the warm side, and with my C-J tube gear, would likely be too much of a good thing. I could see pairing them with a really neutral set of electronics, though, like ARC or Octave. Octave and Cremona Ms might be a recipe for a match made in heaven. I also really like Zu's speakers...they are a complete departure from how most folks do speakers, but I've heard what those dirt and mountain-bikin' guys from Ogden, Utah can do, and I really like it (I also love their interconnects). A pair of Zu Soul Superflys and a sweet SET amp could be pretty dang interesting.

I haven't heard them yet, but based on what I've read and from folks whom I trust here, I would also probably really like the PMCs. With all due respect to my much-valued and dear friends here who are Wilson owners, I'm really not a Wilson kind of guy. Or Magico or YG for that matter. Much more in the British/Danish camp than the American camp of loudspeaker design (with the exception of Zu and Avalon).