Room Size? The Proacs are gorgious sounding speakers with no low end whatsoever. In a small room they have image space and warmth that is second to none (and they can be driven by some wonderful low power tubes to make them even better!). In a medium room or larger they must have a sub, so their cost to listen to goes up $1K. The Magnepan 1.6qr are planars. You love planars, or you don't. No box speaker can give you the sound stage a planar does. As far as planars go, Magnepan is the standard others are measured against. For $1500 the 1.6QR will give you a sound stage that is big, rich and coherrent,clear and all without being loud. The more power the better.
joseph vs maggie vs proac vs spark
Has anyone compared Joseph Audio RM22 to ProAc2000 signature or AudioPhysic Spark? I managed to have only short listen to each one. I am looking for speakers in the sub $2000 range which have good image/3D soundstage and can disappear. Any comments on the three speakers above? Will use Marantz DV18 as a source and probably AudioRefinement Complete integrated. Thanks. PS: has anyone listened to Maggie 1.6? how's it compared to the above speakers?