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@dutchydog -
But if they were the best speakers you ever heard what happened? :-) |
Budget is probably around $3,000-$3,500ish. It is sort of a strange room. |
Source material is FLAC through PC (Roon or A+ - still deciding) or streaming from Google Play Music (bad, I know). :-)
Then to a MyDac (soon to be Topping D70) then to a Jolida 1501RC amp.
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@mapman Upstream gear is my PC feeding FLAC to a Topping D70 DAC and then a Jolida 1501RC hybrid amp (100w).
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@audiosaurusrex Are those rollers on the bottom of the speakers so you can move them out of the way?? THAT IS AWESOME.
My wife works in MN pretty often and there's an Anticable shop there that has the M3s. She's going to try to get out there soon and give them a listen on my behalf. :-)
@melvinjames - What are your thoughts on the two? What type of music do you listen to with them?
Are the Spatials good with rock, metal, blues, jazz, all that? |
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@tt1man
The Larsen 8 and 9's look great but at 8k and 14k they're a little out of my range. |
@mapman
It would be great to demo both of them. I talked to John at Ohm. 4-5 months for delivery! Not sure how behind Spatial is...
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That was it - pandemic. He said they're working 7 days a week, 10 hour days. |
@lobinero
Are they similar in openness to the others I was looking at? |
@mapman
Links not working..... |
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@mapman
I see you like Musical Box. :-) Bummed they didn't come to Pittsburgh last year.....
I'm pretty much sold on the Ohms. But I made arrangements for my wife to listen to the Spatials in MN when she's out there. Want to do that first.
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WAF between Spatial and Ohm, especially once you get them located properly, is a lot different so that will be interesting.
@mapman Wife wants the Magnepans! |
@mapman
Out of the way, of course.....
That's why I ruled them out. |
@asvjerry what are your thoughts on Ohm? |
Thanks @asvjerry do you have any you recommend in my price range? Although I’ve been leaning toward Ohm and Spatial I’m far from making up my mind. I’m still trying to figure out how to demo some of these including Wharfedale and Vandersteen. Everyone has been so helpful and there are so many choices! |
@bigman
Those Larsens are .... funny looking. :-) Interesting though. Time to do more research.
I think I'm going into the analysis paralysis stage.
I see another vote for Vandersteen...
This would be so much easier if we could just demo the things! |
Any love here for the Wharfedale 4.4? |
I feel like I need to sh*t or get off the pot, as they say. Right now here’s where I am (and this could change any minute...):
>Spatial M5 Sapphire
- no way for me to demo yet, don’t know about return policy - they never responded. Lots of good feedback about them.
>Vandersteen Model 2Ce Signature III
-Can order from Music Direct and they have a pretty liberal return policy. Sounds (no pun) like a very popular speaker with a lot of people.
>Ohm Walsh 2000
-4-5 month wait time with decent return period Great feedback and looks good on paper.
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@twoch Which one is which?
3 total different things
one sticks out from back wall and likes Jazz more so then rock. two , a speaker that works for rock and jazz but needs to be away from back wall 3 feet. Three , one can be placed up against a wall
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@corwlli Yep. I can move the chair. |
I’m ready to try/buy a pair of Vandersteen 2Ce Sig. III.
Only place I can find them is MusicDirect and the only color is mahogany. Go for it?
Or get the Signature II? Don't know anything about the upgrades to the III.
Color preference? Can't tell much from my monitor. |
Thanks for suggestion.
I'd really like to try and Ohms and compare with Vandy but Ohms are 4-5 months out. I guess I could buy them and wait until they are in and then order the Vandy's right before they arrive to compare. BUT I HATE WAITING. :-)
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I was wondering about the room size (19x13x8) and 2ce.
Right now, with the Onix RS750s, I don't have much bass at all in this room. Was thinking the 2Ce would fix that..... |
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I can definitely move the speakers into the room. I have the current speakers in the corner because I was trying to increase the bass (was that wrong?).
So, it sounds like the group is leaning more towards Ohms vs. Vandersteens? :-) |
Amp is Jolida 1501 Hybrid (tube pre).
Source is Flac through Roon, Topping D70. |
Just talked to Ohm again. They say probably 2-3 months now. I may do what I mentioned above: order the Ohm and Vandy and compare in 2-3 months.
Now to pick some reasonably priced speaker wire. :-) |
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My wife tried to meet up with Paul at Anticable today (as she's in MN for a couple days) to listen to M3s but it didn’t work out. Trying again tomorrow.
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If I could figure how to get them here all at the same time, I'd probably do it. Only way to really compare them. |
Just talked to John at Ohm. He really thinks I need to consider the Walsh 1000 and that the 2000s would be too much. I'll take his word for it. Think I'm going to order them tomorrow .....and possibly a few others.... |
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I've got wood floors. If the 1000's don't work I assume I could just get the 2000s.
The question is whether the 2Ce's are too big for the room...... |
room corrected subs
@martykl What subs? |
Auralex subdude pads
Oh good. More stuff to buy. :-) Looks like a good idea. |
@asvjerry three dogs. Two Danes and one Mastiff. They absorb a lot of sound... and food.
Talked to Richard Vandersteen last night. He was not helpful - told me to get the Treo CT. LOL.
My wife couldn’t get to Anticables this week to see the Spatials so going to try again in 2 weeks.
Ordered the Ohm 1000s. Three month turnaround according to John. He's sending color samples. |
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@martykl
Do you find the subs are necessary with the Ohms? Or just a preference? Wondering if I should be looking at subs. |
@mapman pics would be awesome. |
Ah. And you could notice a difference when you put them up? |
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