How about Exposure 3010s (110w/ch - around RM 8k)
integrated amp pairing with SFCD? Read review from Audioart (Taiwan hifi magazine #232) also June 2008 Stereophile magazine reviewed by Art Dudley, not bad though. It's UK design

perfect hifi in wisma MPL. =)
there are some sonus faber user who is not forumer of lyn, might able to join the meet.
i will prepare to send out invitation to them =)
lol sonus user should gets gathering though as we shared same taste.
L3/5A user always gather together for sharing their though and most important. introducing some nice music that play nice on l3/5A
really wish sonus also establish a club over malaysia user.
hehehe

i said "if"....

it is atacama actually. just found out the box.. lol

it's about RM 20 per biji if i am not mistaken. too long time already forgot.
but i am sure it's about that
i spend more than RM 150 for all 8 biji.
even close to RM 200, but i can't be so sure with the price.

ok...my atacama shoes came today

first listen......sound stage is even cleaner and bass slightly tighter
but no serious listening yet....

will update more on this

u can ... just depend on u want or dun want mah..
lol
   

i might host up a gathering of sonus faber owner. including forumer / non forumer. and place is maybe perfect hifi in wisma MPL.
everything still in discussion. stay in tune.

offer a time for sonus owner to meet up, talk around, discussion, and maybe exchange phone number.

will post in both here and hifi4sale.net once i confirmed the date and time.

Nova HiFi & Perfect HiFi

the wood one on the right... drools...

First of all, wow, you've been a lurker since 2005 and this is your first post haha. Welcome to LYN.

The Guarneris are a great pair of speakers if monitors are your kind of thing. Any advice on pre/amp would be dependent on your (1) budget and (2) type of music that you listen to and of course your (3) sound signature preference. I've read people having great results pairing them with McIntosh MA7000/MA2275/MC275 (I'm partial to Mac as you can see), Pass Labs INT-150, Jadis DA88s and WAVAC MD-805m.

What do you have in mind?

Oh do you enjoy your Travagans more than the 650? You need to start poisoning more headfi users to move on to hifi so you can start the journey together. Makes things more interesting Take it slow and enjoy the journey, but don't make the mistake of thinking just 'one step up,' or you'll end up buying and then wanting to change too soon, costing you more $$$ had you just taken the hit at the start.

In my honest opinion, a hybrid is a hybrid and a lady boy is a............... boy ...The HD220 is a good amplifier, but there's always a trade off. Since you're dealing with Alvin, I'm sure he'll be more than glad to let you do an A/B test to compare between the HD220 and the other AR tube amps. See which sound you prefer with what you listen mostly to (classical in this case). Buy with your ears or eyes if you're into tube p0rn
Used Guarneris? Nice.. I've never been to Musical Image before.. I need to go one day to pay a visit and see what goodies they have.
Beauty in the eye of the beholder! Glad that he's happy and satisfied with his Guarneri setup.