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Need help to select a speaker

Hi Audiophile people,

I need help to select the smoothest speaker of all.

I grew up using Spendor, Rogers, Tannoy, Wharfedale. I was always fan of British silk sound speakers like Rogers LS35.

The harshest speaker that I had was JBL which still has a smooth sound.

I don't have time or chance to listen to all the new speakers but in need to select a near field listening speaker for Jazz, Blues, vocals, Acoustics with maximum details in low volume.

I am looking at both Bookshelf and Floor standing but I should get better sound quality from a Bookshelf speaker in my experience.

Please share your experience and let me know what I should look at.

I am looking at Brand New and under $5K.

Cheers

Mike

inteliaudio

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inteliaudio OP
6 posts
 

Hi Holmz

You are right, I was thinking of obvious and didn't add all data here,

History:

I have a NAD M33 using Tidal and Apple Music mostly that want to move it upstairs to my bedroom and want to add a silk sound speaker to that. Cables are Nordost Blue heaven 6 FT only.

I bought a McIntosh MA7900 for downstairs with AudioQuest Rocket 88 cables and BlueSound Node 2i for Livingroom serving my Kef Reference R11 that I am going to sell and buy Focal Kanta No.2.

  1. Passive or active? Passive
  2. dipole, or not? No, I hate Dipole
  3. Sealed or ported? I am open to both
  4. Narrow dispersion or wide? Not important
  5. Is full range required? Or how low should they go? Full Range preferred if I am choosing a floor standing speaker but I can use Rel T9i Sub along with a Bookshelf speaker
  6. Are ye Ok with using a sub or not? Yes
  7. Do you already have an amp? And what is power? NAD M33 200W/Ch
  8. What SPL are you aiming for? As I said, this is for a bedroom so anywhere between 65db to 75db, I don't need it loud.
  9. What is the size of the room? 400sqft

 

inteliaudio OP
6 posts
 

Some candidates so far are:

1- Sonus faber Electa Amator III

2- Falcon LS3/5a Gold Badge

3- Harbeth P3ESR XD

inteliaudio OP
6 posts
 

@holmz 

I know, I wish I had two smaller bedrooms instead of this one.

No, I am in California US, but I love British (and European in general) speakers better than these harsh sounding Americans.

The first time that I listened to a Klipsch I was wondering if I was missing something or what? I couldn't get it what is all that fuss about big boxes with distorted loud bass

inteliaudio OP
6 posts
 

@yogiboy I agree this small box looks like a solid choice.

I am going to listen to a few Sonus faber today.

I am trying to find someone here in SoCal to audition Harbeth.

Did you have any experience with ATC speakers? how do they sound?

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