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Downsizing for Blade 2 and hunting for smaller floor standers

I live in apartments and love small , tall, thin, powerful speakers. I went from Dynaudio C2 to Blade 2 and am in absolute love with it. However, this whole thin and tall thing has scratched a new itch of me and I kept wanting to go leaner and smaller. I have thought about Beolab 28 which seems to be going for the extreme and also maybe the LS60, which feels like a downgrade in sound quality. So I wonder if there is something else I should consider to make my speaker smaller without significantly compromise full range sound quality.  

bwang29
blackbag20
452 posts
 

@hilde45 

Thanks for the info on Ascend ... spent about 30 mins on its website.   So is it Salk or Ascend? ... now i'm confused!!  

grislybutter
2,951 posts
 

without budget, room size, source/amp - system info, sound preference, any suggestion seems random

bwang29 OP
18 posts
 

Thanks for everyone’s advice!

to add more context, my budget can not exceed $20k, and my sound preference is top to bottom clean, relaxing, slightly sparkling and neutral with strong emphasis on mid bass impact (which is basically Blade 2 to me). I also like sleek and unique designs as my home decor is very minimal and industrial. 

grislybutter
2,951 posts
 

@bwang29 design-wise: "Nordic"?

 

soix
9,456 posts
 

Given your preferences I’d give a look to (in no particular order although I think the first four are more visually distinctive)…

Boenicke W11SE
Alta Adam

QLN Prestige 5

Vivid Audio Kaya 45

Joseph Audio Perspective 2

Usher ML-802

Verity Audio Lakme

Vandersteen Quatro CT

Best of luck in your search.

 

 

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