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Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber

I’m considering the following speakers models:
ATC SCM19 V2
Dynaudio Contour S1.4
ProAc Tablette 10 Signature
Sonus Faber Sonetto II

Currently I’m listening to a pair of Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversarry, everything so musical and well done with this speakers, it sound sweet smooth engaging if powerd by a Class D Audio SDS-470C with upgraded power supply, it sound near to neutral with very accurate dimensional Hi-Fi details if powerd by an NAD M22 v2 power amp. Having said that, I would like to have another set of speakers to play with, most probably I would something that sound balanced from top to bottom, while not too clinical analytical or too lush warm sounding to begin with. For critical listening, usually I’m using the Sennheiser HD 600, source signal from Fostex HP-A3 DAC/preamp. I will save a FLAC file if i like/love a track, then I will also convert it to mp3 vbr0 as another copy for car playback.


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kenjit
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@audiotroy

what do you think of the q acoustics concept 300 or 500?
kenjit
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@wim1983 
They are using a slightly bigger magnet than the floorstanding concept 500 from what ive read. It is basically a similar design to the floorstander except in a smaller package for people that dont want a big heavy floorstander. The floorstanding concept 500 are well regarded. 

I have heard the concept 300. Based on the brief demo in the store i was impressed by what i heard. They are pretty good. 

I have also heard B&w 805d3 and Kef reference 1. These were definitely not as good as the q acoustics despite being more expensive but it was a different room so comparisons are not completely valid.

Its worth listening to. I have nothing against ATC but the scm11 i heard were not that impressive, again taking into account the acoustics of the demo room.




kenjit
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@audiotroy 

We have the ATC SCM 11 and the SCM 19 in the same room as the Ref 1 and the Paradigm Persona B they all sound dramatically different.
well in which case the question is why do they sound dramatically different? All those speakers are two ways. They are all high end. They all use non resonant rigid boxes with bracing. why should there be such huge differences? one possible answer is that the crossover is wrong. Ive said this before. They cant all be right. At least one or more of those speakers are designed incorrectly. 

kenjit
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That has nothing to do with speakers. A speaker is just a device that is supposed to accurately reproduce the cd you play. Some speakers are incorrectly tuned to alter the stereo image to produce deeper or wider images. That is supposed to be fixed at the stage of the production and mastering of the track. So yes there is only one correct way. Same thing with tonality. People like to compare the tonality of speakers but that is all supposed to be done using equalisers at the production stage. 

In conclusion, most speakers are wrong, perhaps all of them. I dont know which speakers are closest to the truth. Nobody seems to agree.
kenjit
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@gosta They are for studio use not home. They are designed to sound accurate rather than pleasing. 
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