New Epos els 3 mini monitor

I listen to bass-intense music (acidjazz, nujazz) and wonder if the ELS-3 on a creek 4330 can handle the music?

What do you think?

stephan.

Stephan:

I will use classical music as an example in answering your question. The EPOS ELS3 absolutely shine with piano and voice. The sound is very smooth ... very hi-fi. When you introduce the whole orchestra, the sound can become lean sounding because you will hit the realistic bass limit of the speaker. My guess is that nujazz would be similar.

If you want a small monitor type with more bass extension, why not try the Monitor Audio Bronze 2 or Quad 11L or NHT SB2 (I would imagine the Pardigm Mini Monitor ... but I have no experience with them; also the B&W 600 series ... though I am no fan of B&W's in general).

Regards, Rich

Thank you for your response, Rich!

You opened my eyes. I need everything but lean sound with deep woover-hungry tunes. Of course i don't intend to hear at party like or hearing hostile volumes but nor do i want a narrow soundstage or sharp highs, in a word a "cheap system".

I will go and listen the Monitor Bronze Audios (seeming to have a very good sensitivity,tnx again!) and if that won't be satisfying enough for my needs i'm going to listen to some stands. Some suggestions up to $500? Ever heard of Audiovector?

Thanks a lot!
stephan.

I have heard good things about the Wharfedale's floor stander ... the Diamond 8.3 (new, $350 http://www.audioadvisor.com). The 8.3's seemed to be a favorite of the Brit press ... especially with bass intensive electronica like Chemical Brothers, et al. I owned the monitors ... the Diamond 8.1's which were really impressive sounding speakers (think midrange) ... just bass shy.

Regards, Rich