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Seeking Warm Towers - under $1500.

OK,
Yes I am a newbie.

Lokking for advice as to what speakers to seek out listen and eventually buy...

Background:
Pairing with Adcom GFA-545II and the GTP-500II. for a two channel setup.

Am going FLAC and will buy, in all likelyhood, a PS Digital Link DAC and squeezebox or comparable.

Now comes the speakers. The benchmark speaker for me are the Totem Forest's(4k). There are not many shops near me to test listen. but I have tried Monitor's, Paradigm's, Genelec, and The Forest's were it by a country mile.

music consists of primarily vocal & blues.

I am all ears as to suggestions.

Thank you
tballman
rydenfan
67 posts
 
Dali Ikon 6's
undertow
1,033 posts
 
Zingali for 1500? Those are pretty big and expensive horns I believe, and really to get big and "Warm" sound its gonna depend on how well the speaker you choose will work with Adcom equipment.. I have owned some of Adcoms best, and they are brute and power, but not always so much finess, so this will have to be factored into your warmth and organic sounding desire.
tballman OP
6 posts
 
Zingali....
oops.
that was stupid.
bdgregory
1,714 posts
 
your description of Totems is good . . . and they would be at the top of my list. Used Hawks, maybe Forests fit your budget. I had a pair Sttafs that I bought new (for $1500). I A/B'd the Sttafs extensively vs the Vandersteen 2ce and chose the Sttaf because they were equal (at least) in sonics, but more compact.

Another speaker you may want to consider is Von Schweikert VR2.

I'm running Totem Mani-2s in one of my systems and Von Schweikert VR4 Gen IIIs in another . . . so you can see I have a little bias.
thymanst
35 posts
 
third vote for vandersteen - when properly set up they're special
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