Hi all,
I would consider myself a music first person, love my 2 channel hifi, but also enjoy a good film or series on Netflix etc etc.
I am looking at a new system, and am very much interested in finding a speaker that excels with music first and foremost, but also equally good for AV use.
Now, I am not sure if I will go down the AVR route and buy an AV receiver, I will first purchase an amp, right now looking at the Hegel H390 and then add a sub, with the intention to go dual subs later. So for now, it would be a 2.1 system and later 2.2.
So, no surround initially planned, but I still enjoy movies and shows through this kind of system for the added dynamics and immersion.
The real question is here, I am looking for feedback and opinions from those who had heard both of these speakers, and given my intended usage, which do they feel works best?.
I know the Kef R3 are great HIFI speakers, and they are some of the best scaling speakers you can buy, the Hegel will drive them superbly, but I have read great things about the Monitors by Arendal, I must confess, I do love power and scale, so something about the large Monitors and their 8" drivers attract me.
I need insight into how the Monitors might perform for mostly music tasks while being driven by a dedicated 2 channel HIFI high end amp like the H390.
Thanks for reading,
Cheers.
I would consider myself a music first person, love my 2 channel hifi, but also enjoy a good film or series on Netflix etc etc.
I am looking at a new system, and am very much interested in finding a speaker that excels with music first and foremost, but also equally good for AV use.
Now, I am not sure if I will go down the AVR route and buy an AV receiver, I will first purchase an amp, right now looking at the Hegel H390 and then add a sub, with the intention to go dual subs later. So for now, it would be a 2.1 system and later 2.2.
So, no surround initially planned, but I still enjoy movies and shows through this kind of system for the added dynamics and immersion.
The real question is here, I am looking for feedback and opinions from those who had heard both of these speakers, and given my intended usage, which do they feel works best?.
I know the Kef R3 are great HIFI speakers, and they are some of the best scaling speakers you can buy, the Hegel will drive them superbly, but I have read great things about the Monitors by Arendal, I must confess, I do love power and scale, so something about the large Monitors and their 8" drivers attract me.
I need insight into how the Monitors might perform for mostly music tasks while being driven by a dedicated 2 channel HIFI high end amp like the H390.
Thanks for reading,
Cheers.