A few weeks ago I was finally able to land my dream speakers, the DeVore Fidelity Orangutan O/93s. I wasn't planning on buying these anytime soon, as I was out of work for the first half of the year. But a pair popped up on A'gon and I wasn't going to make an offer, because I really didn't want to spend that kind of money.
It was torturing me, so I finally made what I considered a low ball offer. I did it just to appease myself, knowing that the seller would decline and counter for more, then I'd say no and go on my merry way. But the seller accepted and I was now the owner of a new pair of speakers.
Well, how do they sound? They are the best speakers I've ever owned. They combine the great qualities of all the great speakers I've owned previously. They have the transparency of the Quad ESL-63s, the openness of the Harbeth Compact 7s and the smoothness of the DeVore Gibbon 8s and 3XLs. And they have better bass than all of them. They are a true end game speaker.
A few weeks prior to buying the O/93s, I also bought a new cartridge, the Dynavector XX2 mk.II. I'm really liking it so far. In comparison to my EMT, I would say the XX2 is not quite as smooth in the mid range, but has better highs, extracting more detail and also much deeper bass. It continues to improve as I break it in (only about 30 hours so far). It also has great synergy with the Dynavector P75 mk.III that I have.
So yeah, I'm a real happy man. I have just a few more stops on the upgrade train, then I can call it quits for a pretty long time. I'm expecting to have everything wrapped up by the new year, so stay tuned.
But enough of that. Whatta ya say? Let's boogie!
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Topic - Finally bought my dream speakers - Erocka2000 06:23:49 09/05/14 (38)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - jimmycj 12:17:58 09/21/14 (0)
- Wohoo! - amandarae 16:08:36 09/19/14 (0)
- i'd go for their 5 1/4" 2 ways myself - budget minded 17:51:19 09/11/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - el34eh@yahoo.com 16:44:16 09/11/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - dadbar 07:29:09 09/08/14 (0)
- NOW!!! I"m jealous - airtime 14:25:14 09/06/14 (3)
- RE: NOW!!! I"m jealous - Erocka2000 14:45:25 09/06/14 (2)
- RE: NOW!!! I"m jealous - airtime 06:39:42 09/08/14 (0)
- And this looks like the tweeter. - Mr. Dick Hertz 14:20:51 09/07/14 (0)
- Very nice... - mkuller 22:34:34 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - R Browne 20:40:27 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - Erocka2000 20:09:17 09/05/14 (0)
- They look great - G Squared 19:14:15 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - fantja 18:34:23 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - RGA 17:08:29 09/05/14 (0)
- Awesome ! ... - reelsmith. 16:46:48 09/05/14 (0)
- Congrats, I hope you enjoy them for many years to come! - jnr 15:57:31 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - abs1 13:20:50 09/05/14 (0)
- Yes, wow! - mnilan 12:40:41 09/05/14 (0)
- I preferred the 93s to the 96s - Frihed89 12:30:08 09/05/14 (0)
- Very nice - Craiger56 12:12:39 09/05/14 (0)
- Those orangutans have wide faces... - genungo 12:04:01 09/05/14 (6)
- RE: Those orangutans have wide faces... - Caucasian Blackplate 08:42:20 09/09/14 (3)
- RE: Those orangutans have wide faces... - John Elison 18:48:00 09/09/14 (2)
- RE: Those orangutans have wide faces... - Caucasian Blackplate 09:15:08 09/10/14 (1)
- Thanks! /nt\ - John Elison 10:18:55 09/10/14 (0)
- RE: Those orangutans have wide faces... - John Elison 15:34:36 09/05/14 (1)
- RE: Those orangutans have wide faces... - genungo 19:02:24 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - fantja 11:33:36 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - Erocka2000 10:38:57 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - red carerra 10:35:17 09/05/14 (0)
- Congratulations! - John Elison 10:27:55 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - AudioSoul 10:19:17 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - 6bq5 09:53:25 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: Finally bought my dream speakers - Ozzy 09:27:08 09/05/14 (3)
- Interested in that statement, coming from your perspective. - Edp 08:21:10 09/06/14 (2)
- RE: Interested in that statement, coming from your perspective. - Ozzy 04:11:09 09/07/14 (0)
- RE: Interested in that statement, coming from your perspective. - John Elison 09:24:43 09/06/14 (0)