If you really like what you’re hearing out of your Mira Monitors I’d hold out for a pair of used Miras. They do come up from time to time. The benefit is you’d preserve the sonic signature you already have but just add more scale, And I’d keep your sub and just cross it over at a lower point, which I'd think would also allow you to use your amp to successfully drive the Miras. To me that’s the best of all worlds, but maybe that’s just me. Best of luck.
Considering Wilson or Sonus Faber floor standing over my Rockport monitors & Wisdom Sub
Hello All,
I have a pair of Rockport Mira Monitors with a Wisdom SCS subwoofer, driven by Audio Research tube amp and preamp. I am considering a move to a floor standing speaker. The Wilson Sophia 2 and the Sonus Faber Cremona M or Sonus Faber Olympica III all caught my eyes.
As it is, I am getting very good bass with the Wisdom SCS sub, and great sound from the Rockports. What will a move to a similarly classed floor standing model over the monitors and sub give me? I wonder at the ability of the monitors & sub compared to a singularly designed floor standing speaker.
My room is not dedicated, and the living room where the system is opens to the left to a dining area, and there is an open foyer behind the listening position. The listening area itself affords about 9.5 feet between the speakers, and an equilateral triangle to the listening position. The speakers are about 4 feet off the back wall. The left speaker has the open dining room to the left. The right speaker has about 3 feet to the right side wall.
My Rockports are relatively insensitive at 85db, so a move to an 89db or 90db speaker would be a welcomed one.
Do you think a floor standing speaker on this level (Sophia 2 / Cremona M / Olympica III) will be a dramatic improvement over what I have?
The details of my system can be seen here: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/5421
Thanks!
- Mark
I have a pair of Rockport Mira Monitors with a Wisdom SCS subwoofer, driven by Audio Research tube amp and preamp. I am considering a move to a floor standing speaker. The Wilson Sophia 2 and the Sonus Faber Cremona M or Sonus Faber Olympica III all caught my eyes.
As it is, I am getting very good bass with the Wisdom SCS sub, and great sound from the Rockports. What will a move to a similarly classed floor standing model over the monitors and sub give me? I wonder at the ability of the monitors & sub compared to a singularly designed floor standing speaker.
My room is not dedicated, and the living room where the system is opens to the left to a dining area, and there is an open foyer behind the listening position. The listening area itself affords about 9.5 feet between the speakers, and an equilateral triangle to the listening position. The speakers are about 4 feet off the back wall. The left speaker has the open dining room to the left. The right speaker has about 3 feet to the right side wall.
My Rockports are relatively insensitive at 85db, so a move to an 89db or 90db speaker would be a welcomed one.
Do you think a floor standing speaker on this level (Sophia 2 / Cremona M / Olympica III) will be a dramatic improvement over what I have?
The details of my system can be seen here: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/5421
Thanks!
- Mark