Soisson

I'm absolutely agree with your thought, that the RP is better then R line. My problem is the budget concern, the RP-280F is asking CAD $1000-1100 average, and the RP-8000II is asking CAD $1500-1700 average in the market. The RF-82II, I thought, should be somewhere around CAD $400, but asking around CAD $600. It's a little too much. Don't feel comfortable. I'm thinking to have one for now, and keep looking to find a ideal RP-280F.

I'll use it for classical music, mainly, vocal. Originally, I want to have RP-280F, but can't find some better price, so just find something cheaper for now, and wait for the chance.

I have a headache question: There are two used speakers, both are in mint condition, they are RF-82 II and R-820F. Price are almost the same, around CAD $600. By looking into the specs, they are almost the same. So I just lost. I would like some pro suggestion about which one to buy? I already did some research, but it makes more confused. And I searched this forum as well, didn't find help topic. I need to make my decision before Saturday, 11/25. Thank you very much.

LaScala, the used one are still asking for 3000 more. Unbelievable, but for sure this is good one.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I never thought to go that old model like Heresy. And I checked the ebay about them, the price is not cheap at all. Any how, I need to do some research before I can have an idea.

Hey, guys: I would like to have your suggestion on purchasing some old model speakers. I'm checking my local CL, there are some old model speakers: KF-28, R-28F, R-26FA, Definitive Technology BP-10 etc. Basically I'm using that to listen the opera, nothing else. So I'm really want to have wonderful mid-range, not really care about the low end, and the super high end since the opera singer's frequency range are all in the middle. Even the classical music band are almost in the middle frequency range as well. I'm not building HT, but 2.1 should be quite enough for me. Also, I don't want to spend some 1000+ for the latest model, like RP-8000 or so, just wanna to see if some older model should save a lot. I have a DENON ARV-3806, and the room is about 9ft by 13ft. Question is: 1) How do you guys think about KF-28? 2) How about R-26FA? It's surrounding type of speaker, can it be used as main? 3) Any other model would you recommend for the opera? Thank you so much.