If one is only going to spend that much money and has the room, I would spend every penny on true floor standing full range speakers. The amp will drive a good variety of 3 or 4 way floor standing speakers and the tighter lower bass and improved midrange will amaze one for years to come. At which time, one would be able to upgrade to a better amp.
Remember that your amp is integrated so if you're not going to drop to using the TP as a digital source single source pre-amp, you will also need to buy a pre-amp. With your equipment, my path would be to buy a minimum of a 3 way floor standing speaker (maybe Thiel or Vandersteen) using the current amp. Later when more funds were available, I would look for a good deal on a better used amp with Balanced XLR inputs and run the Transporter straight into the amp. One would be amazed at the sound a great pair of 3 or 4 way floor standing speakers can deliver when being driven by a decent amp being driven only by the Balance XLRs straight from the Transporter. If it just has to be monitor/bookshelf type speakers due to room or space issues (WAF issues), then I say spend the money on Adam Speakers or AVI ADM9.1 Speakers with subwoofer. If there are any HiFi shops near you, I say go have a listen and don't hesitate to take your amp with you when you audition speakers. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72273 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
