This is a 16-tatami pure Hi-Fi living room system built around the Austrian speaker Vienna Acoustics “Mozart Signature”, known in Japan as the T-2. No special room acoustic treatment has been added as yet, but this room was originally used to house a grand piano for practice, and when it was renovated some years ago, roughly 15 cm of acoustic absorption material was installed across the entire rear wall behind the Hi-Fi system. The first-generation Vienna Acoustics T-2 is a wonderfully soft-voiced speaker that sings like a dream, and while its fundamental quality is high, the Scanspeak tweeter is rather temperamental and extremely difficult to work with — its condition shifts dramatically over the smallest things, and it rarely performs quite the way I would like.
I am still searching for an even better amplifier to pair with these speakers, though the hunt — budget and all — is proving rather difficult. If one were to ask whether there is truly an amplifier that surpasses the TAG McLaren 60i or 60iRV, which emerged as the best match after extensive comparative listening, the honest answer is that it may well be a tall order…
The top candidate is the French-made YBA Integre Sigma DT, though it is rather on the expensive side… Another interesting option is the ONKYO A-1VL — a domestic Japanese product, which is perhaps a slightly unusual choice for me. I auditioned it in a shop and was genuinely surprised by the resolution and sense of atmosphere it brought. It might also be worth pairing it with the ONKYO C-1VL CD player as a matched set. The white Hi-Fi rack is made by Wakatsuki. It was originally black, but I repainted it white myself when I rearranged the room.
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