19-Mar-2026, 22:03
B&W and Sonus Faber owners seem to favour Macintosh; Sugden - Harbeth, Spendor, Pro-Ac; Magico has D’Agostini amps, but we don’t appear to have a preferred transducer in our camp. I’d be curious to find out what speakers the 440 has a natural affinity with and how far up the audiophile ladder they’ve successfully mated? Thinking one day I might go Watt Puppies but wondered if there are examples of matching with a better speaker than those?
2014 Mac Mini running Roon via Vodafone hub/Amazon basics ethernet cable into:
- Devialet 440 (RCA to ground lifted AES)
- Focal Sopra 2 (YYAudio Black Magic speaker cable)
- Rel S812 x 4 (std hi-level cables and £25 Van Damme Speakon array connects, Cruiser class £35 Chinese mains cables)
- no intentional room treatment.
Chester, UK
