Bargain? At what price point? I needed some bookshelf speakers to get me by while my big floorstanders are going to be refurbished. On a lark I got the relatively new Triangle BR04 speakers (bigger than the BR03 and with a better crossover) for just $549. I was pleasantly surprised (I have them out in the room only about 9' from my ears). Now, if you are willing to spend more, then definitely buying direct from Buchardt or contemplating a Monitor Audio Silver speaker would get you much better bass and likely a nicer midrange and dynamic range. There are many good speakers out there, but you have to pick what is important to you. For instance, even today the new Wharfedale EVO 5 series, while amazing according to Steve Guttenberg, are still pinched in dynamic range. Good luck. Just curious, what was it about the Mission speakers that was lacking? Apparently, they had a hit with the 770.
Bookshelf speakers- Buying a Bargain
Buying a bookshelf speaker has more variance in performance than any other audio item IMO. Over the last 30 years I bought sbout 20 bookshelf speskers. Most do not sound good at all. Mission, Klipsch, Pioneer, Wharfedalw were all poor performers. Only two bookshelf speakers I bought sounded good with great articulation and low distorting being Revel M22 and Audio Monitor Silver 3i. Revel M22 are too rare and too expensive. However the Audio Monitor Silver 3i and I suspect any Silver series are great speakers and the Silver 3i are about $300 on eBay. Per what I read the Bronze series are rather ordinary- avoid.
I always used rebuilt and upgraded Tube amps with best sounding tubes thus did not mask speaker performance.
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