Hi all, i am shopping for a set of Sonus Faber Concertino Home. Anyone knows what's the market price for new/used ones in KL?

I listen to Jazz Vocals, Blues, Pop Rock. What amp do you guys think would pair up well with the Concertino? My budget for amp is around RM3,000. I will not invest in a new CD Player, i'll just stick to my Akira DVD palyer for now .

Currently i'm using HT system (RX-V450, NS-7390) to listen to my musics, so i think a set of stereo hi-fi will bring significant improvement to the sound .

Comments are welcome and appreciated.

Cheers,
Case

Upgrading the DAC sounds like a good idea , it could be my next upgrade. Initially i planned my upgrades in 3 installments, amp first, then speakers, finally the CDP. But after i heard the music coming out from a Unison Research Hybrid Amp + the Yamaha NS-7390 (speaker from my HT system) , i've decided that combo just wouldn't work for me for obvious reason (RM6500 amp + RM600 speakers ).

So now, i'm spliting the investment into amp + Concertino Home. I'd like to listen to Jazz Vocals on the valve amp + Concertino Home combo, but I'm affraid they might not sound good with Pop/Rock music .

I'll be listening to Marantz PM7200 at the dealer's showroom, or Rotel RA03 if they have stock. Any recommendations for amp around RM4k?

I bought those Concertinos and Marantz PM7200 this afternoon. Jazz vocals and Pop vocals sounded very nice, not fatiguing. But rock songs do not sound as good as i heard from the showroom, and i am hoping it's because the speakers need its break-in period .

Somehow, i hope that the Primare D20 CDP and fancy cables used during the listening session in the showroom are NOT the reasons .

But i think it's safer to start from a simpler setup, let the system run for couple of weeks in my listening environment. See what's missing, then only go about adjusting the system's sound by upgrading/changing the weakest link.

By the way, i listened to the Concertinos driven with Primare A20, imho, they do not sound as interesting as concertino-marantz, regardless that A20 is an amplifier another level up from the PM7200. Maybe A20 is a warm amplifier, and like what scotty said "warm + warm" just didn't work.

Thanks, SiriuslyCold.

Yeah, talk about "you only get what u paid for..." huh, maybe i'll try Yeo's Monica2 incorporated into the DVD Player. I wonder would it do any good, because the error correction of this Akira is so "Geng Chou" that it could play cracked CDs . IMHO, could either mean the signals coming from the digital out probably are not Hi-Fi anymore, or the other way around, since the player can read almost anything it has a very good laser pickup? Hence more acurate signals? .

I use a pair of wooden DIY speaker stand. For what it is worth, i am not going to spend RM1800 to get the Sonus Faber's dedicated speaker stand for Concertino , I'd rather spend it on my CDP if you know what i mean .