Hello j,
I doubt you'll be able to identify a single consensus pick from the posts you're likely to be receiving on your thread. More likely, you'll receive recommendations of a wide variety of speaker brands and models in a wide spectrum of prices. It would be helpful if you mentioned your budget range, your specific other system components, the types of music you listen to and the normal listening volume.
If you already own a good quality sub and want a truly exceptional bargain pair of speakers at a ridiculously low price, however, my suggestion would be a pair of Magnepan LRS (Little Ribbon Speaker) brand new for $650/pair.
These are ordered on-line at the Magnepan site, in your choice of color and I believe are offered with a no charge free in-home trial period. You may want to use Google to read a few on-line professional reviews. Most reviews will utilize one or more good quality subs since the LRS only have bass extension down to 50 Hz but are extremely good from 50 Hz on up in the midrange and treble.
The concept is to optimally setup 1 or more subs in the room for good bass and then position each relatively lightweight LRS, in the room and in relation to your listening seat, to optimize the midrange/treble and sound stage performance. The idea is also to let the typically more powerful sub amps handle the higher power demands of the bass frequencies, which frees up the main power amp to just reproduce the less demanding powe needs of the mid and treble frequencies
Just a final note: The LRS still require a good quality and fairly powerful (about 100 watts or more) amp to perform their best. I'd advise to choose alternative speakers if you want to utilize a receiver to power the LRS.
Hope this helped,
Tim
I doubt you'll be able to identify a single consensus pick from the posts you're likely to be receiving on your thread. More likely, you'll receive recommendations of a wide variety of speaker brands and models in a wide spectrum of prices. It would be helpful if you mentioned your budget range, your specific other system components, the types of music you listen to and the normal listening volume.
If you already own a good quality sub and want a truly exceptional bargain pair of speakers at a ridiculously low price, however, my suggestion would be a pair of Magnepan LRS (Little Ribbon Speaker) brand new for $650/pair.
These are ordered on-line at the Magnepan site, in your choice of color and I believe are offered with a no charge free in-home trial period. You may want to use Google to read a few on-line professional reviews. Most reviews will utilize one or more good quality subs since the LRS only have bass extension down to 50 Hz but are extremely good from 50 Hz on up in the midrange and treble.
The concept is to optimally setup 1 or more subs in the room for good bass and then position each relatively lightweight LRS, in the room and in relation to your listening seat, to optimize the midrange/treble and sound stage performance. The idea is also to let the typically more powerful sub amps handle the higher power demands of the bass frequencies, which frees up the main power amp to just reproduce the less demanding powe needs of the mid and treble frequencies
Just a final note: The LRS still require a good quality and fairly powerful (about 100 watts or more) amp to perform their best. I'd advise to choose alternative speakers if you want to utilize a receiver to power the LRS.
Hope this helped,
Tim