Advice on speakers

Hi krishnan,

the avita's are a delightfull speaker. My favourite in the entire cadence range and currently my all time favourite speaker for the price. Am saving up for it as well.

I've heard them played with many combos of amplification(SS, tube, hybrid) and bi-wired and till date they have never disappointed me. I am convinced that is the speaker for me for my next upgrade.

heard them with roksan kandy integrated, arcam integrated and arcam avr and they indeed are a good match. My friend bi-wires the avitas and they sound superb. Cadence also recommend the arcam equipment for their speakers.

Manek.

yup will second that. have heard only divas and aritas so far but judging by their sound, the higher avitas should be leagues ahead. lovely indian products. find very few indian made products that can thrash almost any brand.

stevie, cadence its probably is the only indian product "that can thrash almost any brand" as you put it.

I dont really see any other on the horizon yet in that class.

manek.

The market is now ripe for local players to jump in. How I wish there were others in the Indian industry who could take the battle to cadence and the overseas brands. That would only translate into better(maybe cheaper) speakers made by local manufacturers for both the local and overseas markets.
Labour is relatively cheaper, we have the brains, we just need to put the resources/logistics together, easier said than done actually.

Or bettr still, India could be the perfect outsourcing destination for speaker manufacture. There is already a beginning in this field. Peerless India in Bombay does a lot of manufacturing of speakers for many overseas brands. They also make their own drivers, thats their core competency.

Manek.

Hi! Krish,
If you had LINNs before then you can still go in for the new models, depends on how much you want to invest. You can try the KATAN or the NINKA from LINN, the are in a different league.

Rgds

Prithvi

Prithvi,
I had the opportunity to audition the Ninkas, which have replaced the Keleidhs, in a Linn showroom in Glasgow, a few months back.I'm afraid I was not very impressed.I thought that my Keleidhs sound better.

I listen to a wide variety of music ranging from Ahmad Jamal
to Nitin Sawhney and everything in between. I am perhaps looking for that mythical speaker that will do justice to this wide gamut .

I prefer a sound that is detailed but not clinical.

Any thoughts ?

Cheers
Krishnan

Prithvi,Any views on the Roksan Kandy MKIII ??

Hi manek,

After heard all praises for cadence.i want to have a demo....Manek can you give me the address in bangalore where I can get a demo and join cadence clan

Most welcome boss....!!!
Dont know about bangalore now. You could talk to the cadence guys directly and they will be able to direct you.

manek.

Krish,
Where do you put up ? Bombay ?

manek.

hi sub_boss

cadence is yet to come to bangalore. i wrote to them and they said they're setting up soon. visit the site cadenceaudio.com and email them. audition though you'll have to hang on till they come there. will be worth the wait!

Hi manek,

i stay in indiranagar, bangalore and on my way to office i see a place put up with neat cadence lettering.now don't tell me that they are assembled over there .so that i can go and have a look now and then and trouble those guys esp the german you mentioned about

Hi! Krish,
The KANDY is a great amp, got good reviews too. Have you tried the ESPEKs from Linn? Try some ProAc Studio 125s etc, or the Dynaudio 82s, Cadence Avita's.

I was cadence's dealer for 14 years in Bangalore but have stopped recently. You will have to wait for their showroom to come up( happening since Feb last year).:cut

Rgds

Prithvi