New Speakers

[Hifi_swlon]

Getting a demo on Thursday of

SF Olympica 2
Scansonic MB6
Usher Mini Dancer 2

Out of the three speakers only the SFs are SAM ready.

How much should this influence my decision.


Other option is the PMC 26, but will have to demo this some other time

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

I demo'd the SF OII in December, but as we were looking at a few different speakers, there wasn't time to do SAM configs at the dealers.  They had good bass punch and a nice sound, quite different to the PMCs to my ears.  Too big physically for me though, and needed more space around them than the Facts.  I was told the OIII has more bass, but then those are bigger still.  Beautifully made and lovely looking - I couldn't help but think a lot of the money must surely go into the 'box', but compared to a lot of speaker designs out there, thats probably not such a bad thing.

Compared to Wilson Audio Sabrina (waaaay out of my price bracket but loved the look and wanted to listen - wasnt actually that overwhelmed - was told that they really need 'meatier' amps than a D200), and Martin Logan Ethos - a wildcard that I was strangely attracted to (not looks-wise, they're really ugly IMO). I'm still looking, but just not found the enthusiasm yet to re-ignite the search.  

I would personally try for SAM ready just because its a feature you'd be missing out on, but if you find a sound you love and without SAM, it kind of becomes immaterial?