Also...Von Schweikert have a new monitor..the VR-1...which is about 1k..havent heard it...but this is a highly respected brand....worth a listen...chances are u will not have to upgrade any time soon....
speaker choice help below $800
I think I am going crazy trying to find even a starting point for speakers. It seems everytime I come up with a couple that might fit the bill, I loose focus some how! :-)
Anyway, if some of you could give me some sort of guidance for what to look at I would appreciate it.
A few that have piqued my curiosity during research are:
Pinnacle Gold Reference
Dynaudio Audience 50/52
Various B&W's - DM, CM, CDM etc...
NHT 2.5i
My current system consists of:
Roksan Caspian Int.
Rega Planet2000 CDP
I am currently 'borrowing' a pair of B&W DM602-S1 and they need to go back to their owner.
I listen to primary British indie/pop music, both guitar driven and electronica style (gotta love the 80's!)
I would like to keep the price below $800 new/used if possible. It doesn't matter whether they are floorstander or bookshelf.
TIA,
Matt
Anyway, if some of you could give me some sort of guidance for what to look at I would appreciate it.
A few that have piqued my curiosity during research are:
Pinnacle Gold Reference
Dynaudio Audience 50/52
Various B&W's - DM, CM, CDM etc...
NHT 2.5i
My current system consists of:
Roksan Caspian Int.
Rega Planet2000 CDP
I am currently 'borrowing' a pair of B&W DM602-S1 and they need to go back to their owner.
I listen to primary British indie/pop music, both guitar driven and electronica style (gotta love the 80's!)
I would like to keep the price below $800 new/used if possible. It doesn't matter whether they are floorstander or bookshelf.
TIA,
Matt
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Do yourself a big favor and do what I did. Go to Home Depot or Lowes. Buy 6 awg multi strand wire (I bought the pink and white jackets). Run them in opposite directions for negative and positive. Twist them together loosely. Install in your system. I just finished auditioning the Audience AU24 and new Shunyata speaker cables, and these were preferred to them. Very natural sounding, dynamic and tonal balance. At $.28 per foot, you tell me if you hear a difference. |
I just got a pair of PSB Image 5T's for a friend who wanted floorstanding speakers for rock and jazz with more bass than a monitor. The PSB's were only $450 used and sound very good in her system and small room. She has a small Cambridge Audio A300 integrated and a Marantz 67SE CD player. The 5T's are very attractive speakers too. For your larger budget, you could get the Image 7T's, which have their own amplifier built in for the woofers. |
Nice one Nrchy sony m7a |
I know every person who responds to this thread will have a compelling reason why you should buy thier favorite speaker but I would like to make a suggestion. Consider the Sony SS-M7e. I know no one thinks of Sony as a quality speaker maker, but they accidentally made four fantastic models recently. If you click on the "my threads" under my name you can access the review I did of them. They can be had cheaply and they are one of the best kept secrets in HiFi. |