Analog, organic and musical, with dynamic impact and tonal accuracy has dictated the evolution of this system. Competent sources and cabling along with the new Volti Alura are the current realization of my sonic preferences.
A very interesting setup, papermill - and with it a listening room that looks comfortably "lived in." I like the mixture of vintage and more modern components here presented. And a small world, it would seem; Gary Dews of Border Patrol knows Simon Mears, who build my speakers - Simon Mears Audio Uccello, the Belle Klipsch-inspired equivalent in a sense to Mr. Roberts' Vittora's (which are derived from the La Scala's). "Equivalent" in the sense that while both the Uccello's and Vittora's stem from their different makers (if we disregard their common heritage and inspiration: Klipsch) with each their independent approaches and choices, they're from-ground-up modified rebuilds of two closely related speaker models.
What made you go for the Alura's instead of the Vittoria's? I'm guessing sound stage height and bass extension of the former may have had some importance in your decision. How do you find the Alura's different to the majority of other speakers, and how do they differ to the Vittora's in the frequency region of the bass driver? Sorry for the many questions - I'm simply interested to know of your thoughts on this.
Hope you continue to enjoy the music in your "retired" state :)
