Energy speakers


Hey everyone, I'm new here. I'm searching for some new towers, and I was wondering if anyone has experiene with the Energy brand. I understand they're a little more laid-back compared to some of the competition, but I have B&W DM601s, and I keep seeing comparisons between B&W and Energy. What do you guys think?

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@allenf1963 IME Joseph Audio speakers excel at pulling off a disappearing act (meaning you don’t generally hear sound coming directly from the speakers) and leave a naturally detailed and palpable 3D soundstage that gives the illusion of a performance happening in your room rather than reproduced music.  Of the other speakers I’ve heard that do many of the same things I’d mention ProAc and Usher that are also outstanding speakers IMHO.  I’d also put Vandersteen in that group with the caveat that these are time/phase coherent designs so the sound you hear can change more dramatically than the others if you’re not sitting in the sweet spot. 

If you find these out of your price range, I’d take a look at the LSA speakers available here from the manufacturer as they largely benchmarked JA speakers during the development stage and given the unanimously stellar reviews I’d surmise they largely succeeded.


Hope this helped answer your questions, and fyi here’s a review of the Profile’s smaller sibling that I think is a crummy review because it for some unknown reason is done almost completely in the nearfield in a desktop setup that doesn’t do the considerable strengths of the speaker justice.  But it does a decent job of explaining how the unique JA crossover design works, which is a huge part of what makes them sound the way they do. 

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/joseph-audio-prism

Here ya go. Just buy these and you’ll be thrilled, and they do everything you’re looking for and much, much more (Energy isn’t even near the same league as these). At $2800/pr ($7000 MSRP) they’re an absolute steal, and if for some reason they don’t rock your world you can likely sell them at a profit, but I doubt you’d let them go after hearing them. And if/when you upgrade electronics these will allow all of the improvements to shine through. Best of luck.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265698051503

What improvements are you looking for, what sound characteristics are most important to you, and what’s your budget?  There are tons of great budget speakers out there these days so not sure why you’re singling out Energy.