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

Maybe a bit more homework to narrow down the field could help?

  1. Passive or active?
  2. dipole, or not?
  3. Sealed or ported?
  4. Narrow dispersion or wide?
  5. Is full range required? Or how low should they go?
  6. Are ye Ok with using a sub or not?
  7. Do you already have an amp? And what is the power?
  8. What SPL are you aiming for?
  9. What is the size of the room?

If one starts out with some “Requirements” or “Goals” or “Desires” then it gets easier in theory to find solutions to those.

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

 

Fritz, Monitor Audio and Dynaudio are some you should listen to.

 

Dynaudio isn't the smoothest, but it excels at low volume.