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It really is hard to listen to speaker brands like these anywhere. I'm lucky to have a very unusual high end store where I live in the SF Area.
I heard the Sonist C-3 at the Cal Audio Show, in the dehavilland room
listening through an all tube Ampex 351 tape deck. It was one of the few rooms I went back to, really amazing sound. The Sonist are really effeciant at 95db so a low to medium power tube amp is all you need. They have a smaller speaker with one 6 inch cone and ribbon tweeter but for some reason that model isn't on there site but I remember it being $1,300 or so? My BG's have a 10 inch planar midrange with a 3 inch tweeter as a coax driver, so the sound was like my BG's but much easier to drive. I wouldn't get too carried away with room treatments though, or your room will start to sound dull and lifeless. If you ever get a chance to listen in at recording studio you'll know what a mean! Put a couple of big leafy indoor plants behind your Vandy's, it's a pretty interesting tweak, plus house plants don't have audiophile price tag![yet]
Happy listening!
Vinyl9