Good Bass Floorstander under 1K

Soliloquy 5.3's do bass very well indeed. Easy to drive at 90db efficiency. Wonderful sounding and easy to mate with tubes or SS in my experience. Relatively inexpensive for what you are getting. Solid, beautiful construction to boot, and 80 lbs per speaker. There are a few reviews online with Sterophile and Audiophilia. Should be able to find a used pair for $800-1000 depending on condition, BUT, beware: Shipping of these will be expensive. The factory packing is not adequate IMO for ground shippers unless double boxed with additional padding. They are originally shipped by truck shrink-wrapped to a pallet. Bottom line, find a local pair, or make sure they are adequately boxed. Their other speakers are also quite good, but more expensive as far as the floorstanders go. They are an outright bargain at the used prices. Some dealers seem to have remainders and closeouts as well what's left of the new ones.

Marco

PSB's and Sol's are rated down to the low 30's I believe. My experience with the Sol's in smaller spaces would confirm that claim. Regardless, good reasons all Gooddomino!! Man, your kid's got a great idea. I'm gonna have to try storing my toys in my rear ports ;-) Let us know how the Tylers work for you in your system. That was a neat opportunity you found to get a custom pair like that, and you can't beat the price for such a nicely built speaker. Congrats.

Marco

The Sols are interesting. I've long appreciated their reputation for being an all around performer. My speaker would have to be maybe only 2 feet from the back wall so I'm concerned about rear ports or passive radiators in the case of the Vandies. But my loft style house with 24 foot ceilings may be able to absorb the extra bass though

The Sols are rear ported as well, but 2 feet is just fine in my experince. Man, I wish I had 24 foot ceilings.

Marco

Very nice looking and definitely a great reputation. But I thought you were after great bass performance...I guess I read that as going down real low and holding it together. The F2's are only rated down to 44hz...do the floorstanding enclosures improve on that that much?