Moving from B&W to Wilson (or other)?

[bruno2009]

Originally Posted by Zelkop

You are in Germany, why not give a chance to Canton Reference 1 K or 2K? Leave no stone unturned!

Don‘t like Canton at all, none of em… 🤷

[audio bill]

Originally Posted by bruno2009

Don‘t like Canton at all, none of em… 🤷

I don't have the opportunity to audition the Cantons in my area, so I'd be curious to know your impressions of them. Particularly what other speakers you prefer over them and what you find their shortcomings to be. TIA

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by Zelkop

You are in Germany, why not give a chance to Canton Reference 1 K or 2K? Leave no stone unturned!

That was going to be what I would have posted.

Originally Posted by bruno2009

Don‘t like Canton at all, none of em… 🤷

Any particular reason? I love mine.

Originally Posted by audio bill

I don't have the opportunity to audition the Cantons in my area, so I'd be curious to know your impressions of them. Particularly what other speakers you prefer over them and what you find their shortcomings to be. TIA

It just goes to show how different we all are when it comes to the sound we like and don't like. A good rule of thumb is to always audition in advance and if that is not possible make certain you have a 100% money back guarantee if you don't like what you get.

[clpetersen]

Originally Posted by bruno2009

Don‘t like Canton at all, none of em… 🤷

Audio Physic?

[brownbear]

Originally Posted by FreddieFerric

That was going to be what I would have posted.



Any particular reason? I love mine.



It just goes to show how different we all are when it comes to the sound we like and don't like. A good rule of thumb is to always audition in advance and if that is not possible make certain you have a 100% money back guarantee if you don't like what you get.

That is so true. My last speaker change was from Sabrina to the Canton Ref3ks. The Ref3ks smoked them in my system.

[bruno2009]

Originally Posted by brownbear

That is so true. My last speaker change was from Sabrina to the Canton Ref3ks. The Ref3ks smoked them in my system.

Wow - that‘s a first. I doubt anyone in Germany would seriously consider Canton even close to Wilson Audio… they run most their products in big BestBuy stores ala Media Markt, really bad price policy (they will drop 50-60% within a year or two after release) and also soundwise I have never heard any to really be considered „high-end“… but in the end it‘s all a matter of taste…

[bruno2009]

Originally Posted by clpetersen

Audio Physic?

The Cardeas maybe…

[Bob Bubeck]

SabrinaX is a great speaker, but if you have a concern about bass response, the Yvette goes along way towards addressing that issue without taking over the room physically. They have very similar sound signatures, but SabrinaX is not "better" than Yvette. Auditions are necessary, of course. YMMV.

Good luck in your search.

Bob
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[rancew]

If possible audition a pair of Kharma dB7-S or S7-S.

[bruno2009]

Originally Posted by rancew

If possible audition a pair of Kharma dB7-S or S7-S.

Kharma is on my list… just talked to them this week… Holland is close… [emoji6]