Speaker polyamory -- or, stories about getting a second set to alternate with your primary


So many threads out there are about chasing the ultimate speaker -- or getting rid of speakers to try something new.

Here, I am looking for different stories. 

If this applies to you, tell me about a time you had a certain kind of speaker and decided to get a second set to swap in. Maybe you had stand mounts and you wanted to swap in towers....maybe you had box speakers and wanted electrostats...maybe it was because you were super curious about a different brand...

Curious about your second, swap in speaker set...and why.

And, if you eventually fell out of love with the first pair and divorced them...feel free to confess to that, too.

Stay cool!

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Showing 4 responses by musicaddict

My older used Raidho D2s are an end-gamer aside from one aspect, high volumes. I mostly play nicely and they are fabulous in every other single way, BUT,

I'd love a nice $5k used quality floorstander with huge dynamics.  Every once in a while, rarely, loud and clean are still plain old fun. Even if only for a short time.

(A big set of Maggies might really float my boat though for another sound.)

I owned ML SL3s as mains 16 years and stlll have them, hence Maggie interest but Janszen has intrigued me and I'm sure they are great.

I heard large three-way Harbeth's in a good set-up playing classical and although I'm not a classical guy much, I could not leave the room the sound was so stunning.   

Audio is a bit different for me than other hobbies like art, music, film, literature, but motorcycling is the easiest hobby to compare.

I love motorcycling and am down to five motorcycles, all very different (and very old but reliable). For motorcycling I don't think any particular bike 'presents roads' in whatever may be deemed the only correct manner.

BUT, in music I believe the goal is the single most accurate presentation of whatever source is being played. I don't think there are a bunch of 'correct' ways to present the source or the music the artist intended.

So, for me, having a second music system of lesser or different quality would make me second guess the 'A' system. I don't need a 'classical' system and a 'rock' system. All music should be played accurately. (I would like louder speakers :-).

That said, I'd love spare speakers to fool with like DQ-10s, Pulsars, Magnepans, etc! Many give me pure joy because of the accomplishment for the cost (my Elac Debut F5.2 floorstanders and bookshelves in the TV room come to mind.)

 

 

 

 

Lest folks get the wrong impression, I do love the idea of having a variety of loudspeakers to listen to, and I do set up other speaker sets in my main listening room at times for fun.    I still enjoy the ML SL3s, NHT 2.5is, and Elac Debut F5.2s.

Give me $20k and I'd load the room, Magneplanars for sure, probably Golden Ear, and other stand-mounts or floor-standers. I totally get the 'variety'.

For me, none of my five old, very old (29yrs avg), motorcycles stands out; all are fun though.

In speakers, nothing I own holds a candle to my current mains and I don't have near enough money to try another sound and get close to what they do in ALL areas of musical presentation.    But for fun, I'd love more, just to goof off.