I've heard everything mentioned except for TAD and Raidho and recommend the B&W 805 D4 or even the D3. Spooky realism and resolution. Lov' em.
High end bookshelf speakers for Small room
I have to downsize my listening room. Looking to get a pair of bookshelf speakers for a room size 13x14 which has furniture carpet and I plan to do some acoustic treatment if needed. Would love to get some subs as well. Currently I have rels510 which might be too much for this small room..
My audio chain - Aurender N20, dCS Rossini + clock, luxman509z amp.
Music preference - Acoustic, rock, pop, piano, instrumental.. pretty much different genres.
Sound preference - bold close to you vocals, clean detailed sound. Slightly warm is fine.
Current candidates - TAD ME/CE, Joseph audio pulsar2, dynaaudio, Sonia Faber..
Any inputs here are much appreciated.. thanks in advance
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I’ve been disappointed with most bookshelf speakers that I’ve owned. I compare everything to sonics of good floor standers. Funny thing is most bookshelf speakers when put on stands, have footprint of floor standers anyway! Just a thought
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@tshark ...this very straightforward sentence has been very hard for many audiogoldenears to comprehend forever (later on, some lil weeny bookshelf on a rickety lil stand will defy all physics and do them some kinda miracle, apparently). The cable and dac can be enormous however. Those Endeavors are quite good in their own right , though facing some stiff competition these days. |
@saurabhgarg I have heard the TAD ME-1 and it is an excellent speaker. Use some warm gear with it for that Beryllium driver. However, I thought it would be too much for my small office, unless I used DSP or more treatments. My dealer for this speaker also said it may be a mistake to get the ME-1 for my 12 x 11 x 9 room but I have 4 extra feet from a removed closet door. When I had my KEF LS50 Meta in this room it needed acoustic treatments to make it work with my KEF KC62 sub. It was a great setup for the price. My current Magnepan LRS+ and KEF KC62 sub is a better fit in the small room. I removed the first reflection panels for this speaker and the sound stage is massive. with a lot of depth. It is not as revealing as the ME-1 or the LS50 Meta. I understand Magnepan has a more expensive iteration of this speaker that is supposed to be more detailed (or it could be the speaker one step above the LRS+). I have not head this LRS+ 'clone' yet but it is supposed to be better and perfect for a small room. I wanted to hear the new Clarisys PICCOLObut was not able to, but did hear the $65k top end model with a $100k CH Precsion amp. It sounded really good, and the Piccolo would work in a small room. OUR MODELS (clarisysaudioglobal.com) Another option and one I will make soon is the RAAL 1995 Immanis ($10k) headphones for a small room. Drop the room from consideration. @perazzi28 You need a big room for the NS5000 unless you use DSP or a lot of treatment. I have it in a big space and would never try it in the small office. The NS5000 is a "bookshelf" in name only. it is a huge speaker. The real bookshelf NS3000 may work in the small space but I have not been able to hear it. Only place that I know where you can get it is in Canada and they did not have it on the floor for demo. |
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