Poor man's Rockport Atrias?


I recently auditioned the Rockport Atrias and liked them alot. They seemed to do everything well including drawing me into the music. I also love their size which is small enough to fit into my narrow room. While I am willing to spend $20K on speakers I would of course prefer to spend less even if it means giving up some performance. Therefore, I am wondering if people have suggestions for other speakers I should consider auditioning that has similar qualities to the Rockports while also being a small floorstander.

Thank you.
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Showing 1 response by rsimms

Possibly the Salk SoundScape at 8k is the cheapest full range speaker that will play with the big boys. It has a very thick cabinet, transparent Accuton midrange and top quality design. The Accutons are near the top for transparency for simple coned speakers, but generally don’t sound quite as full as some high quality sandwich cone midranges. The Salks make up for this and a bit more, by using a hybrid open baffle to add fullness, excitement and transparency.

Bob