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    best speaker pairing with NAD 720BEE and C542

    Hi everyone,

    Any thoughts for best all-round speaker pairing for NAD 720BEE and C542? Mid-size living room set up with low to moderate listening levels (with the occasional blast when no one's home!). All musical genres. Budget is up to $1,000US.

    Thanks.
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    HI. I have a pair of Mirage M-290's and a pair of Cambridge Soundworks Newton M-80's hooked up to my C720BEE. Both sound fine, although both speakers do different things better than the other. I'd recommend a new pair of Mirage bookshelf speakers, but there is really nothing that they currently make that is close to the M-290 at least where bookshelf speakers are concerned. I think that the bookshelf speakers they make now are more designed for surround sound as opposed to using small speakers as "main" speakers. With that said, I'd probably put the Paradigm Studio 20's on the list. I'm sure there are a bunch of speakers in your price range, I just know if I was looking for a pair of speakers in the $1000 range or under, I'd be very interested in them. Good luck.

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    Magnepan MG12's for $1100! If you have never heard planar speakers go listen to them. No box speaker for $1,000 can compare. Just make sure your amp can handle a 4ohm load, otherwise- B&W, Paradigm, NHT's, Epos to name a few of the many speakers available in that price range.
    Pass Labs X250 amp, BAT Vk-51se Preamp,
    Thorens TD-145 TT, Bellari phono preamp, Nagaoka MP-200 Cartridge
    Magnepan QR1.6 speakers
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    Van Alstine Ultra Plus Hybrid Tube DAC
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    Parasound A21 amp
    Vintage Luxman T-110 tuner
    Magnepan MMG's, Grant Fidelity DAC-11, Class D CDA254 amp
    Monitor Audio S1 speakers, PSB B6 speakers
    Vintage Technic's Integrated amp
    Music Hall 25.2 CDP
    Adcom GFR 700 AVR
    Cables- Cardas, Silnote, BJC
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    Sorry, I just checked , that NAD receiver does not have enough power to drive the Magnepans. Must have about 100wpc for good sound.
    Pass Labs X250 amp, BAT Vk-51se Preamp,
    Thorens TD-145 TT, Bellari phono preamp, Nagaoka MP-200 Cartridge
    Magnepan QR1.6 speakers
    Luxman DA-06 DAC
    Van Alstine Ultra Plus Hybrid Tube DAC
    Dual Martin Logan Original Dynamo Subs
    Parasound A21 amp
    Vintage Luxman T-110 tuner
    Magnepan MMG's, Grant Fidelity DAC-11, Class D CDA254 amp
    Monitor Audio S1 speakers, PSB B6 speakers
    Vintage Technic's Integrated amp
    Music Hall 25.2 CDP
    Adcom GFR 700 AVR
    Cables- Cardas, Silnote, BJC
    Velodyne CHT 8 sub

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    Thanks much Mark and blackraven,

    There's a Paradigm dealer about an hour's drive from here. They also carry NHT's. I'll give them a call for an audition.

    Thanks, again. Happy listening!

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    It's been said that PSB goes well with NAD. I've heard PSB and I have NAD, but I still haven't heard them together. But. each on their own, they do quite well and there's no reason to believe that the synergy would not be great.

    Besides, the speaker makes up 95% of what you hear, with most of that remaining 5% falling to room dynamics and placement.. Let that be the determning factor.

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