Looking for Speaker Recommendations


Hi,

I am getting a new system and am looking for speaker recommendations. I will have a ma8950 and will, at least initially, be streaming exclusively. Focal and B & W are too bright and fatiguing. Wilson SabrinaX are good except for the price. Any thoughts? Thanks.

wast314

Just to throw it out there, have you considered open baffle designs such as the Spatial Audio?   Their X3, X4, and X5 are excellent speakers and very reasonably priced.   Open baffle designs are generally easier to place in rooms and because they pressurize the room differently and they don’t have the bass issues most box designs have.

Forget the maggies you need a lot but a lot of power. The mg20 you need to split out the low middle and the high that's four amps. I have them in the passed with four cello performance and an fm accoustic crossover. Forget it with one amp. Or go for the lrs plus with the new woofer or the 1.7

Focal Kanta 2 pairs exceptionally well with McIntosh. The Be tweeters in them are detailed but not fatiguing like the 900 series and vastly better then modern B&W speakers.  The Sonus faber Olympicas are also excellent speakers depending on your music tastes. Jazz, piano, and vocals are amazing with Sf + Mac but it can be a little too smooth with other kinds of music. I own both sets of speakers and keep my Kantas with my Mac setup and my Olympicas are on my brighter amps. 

Just bought a pair of Fritz Carbon 7 Mk2. Beautiful looking speaker. Unbelievable bass for a monitor, Great soundstage. disappear into room.