good speaker with Sound stage behind????


Any recommendations for tower speaker in price range $ 1500 where the soundstage is more in the back. I currently an listening to new Monitor audio RS8 and the soundstage sounds more forward to me.I even get a slight headache form listening.I have about 50 hours on them. Previously had NHT 2.5i which soundstage appeared behind but speaker to bright.

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ccfunkster

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You need to find a very rare Tannoy.
It is considered the last of the "gold" monitors . They are coaxial and not really monitors they are about the size of a Klipsch Heresy sort of large. They are called DCN-200s E-mail me for a source -they are very hard to find.
The main point is not staging with these, but tone. A very very English tone warm and non fatguiging. You can always add a Tannoy super tweeter if they are a little to fuzzy for you.
THe other speaker That I for it's incredible staging is the Von Shcweickert VR2s. I use them myself in my WAF sytem. They will make you budget used. When new they were last about $3,000. All soft cone and dome with an adjustable level, rear firing Tweeter/Mid. The other great aspect about them is that despite double woofer mid woofers. they never drop their impedance so I used a small tube amp to drive them. It gives you that option. I believe they were recently discontinued. You might find a dealer with some leftover "close out" stock. Check The VSA site.