My wife loved my old Martin Logan reQuests, with their full body and pleasing detail, yet not overly sibilant sound. That is, until we put in hardwood floors at our former home. They simply were too big for the room.
When I bought a pair of used Von Schweikert VR-5 HSE speakers, she loved the lifelike detail, looks and smaller size. Personally, I loved the transparency, detail and midrange much better than the reQuests, but the lack of lower end troubled me. In all fairness, I was using a passive preamp and when I had a LampizatOr Amber DAC with boosted gain, I felt that lower end jump a bit. However, when I upgraded to the LampizatOr Lite 7 DAC, the lower end was problematic until I purchased a Hsu Research ULS-15 Mk II subwoofer. Problem solved! In our room, it really shines on all sorts of music. From what I recently saw, there is a pair for sale right now.
Cheers,
Juan
When I bought a pair of used Von Schweikert VR-5 HSE speakers, she loved the lifelike detail, looks and smaller size. Personally, I loved the transparency, detail and midrange much better than the reQuests, but the lack of lower end troubled me. In all fairness, I was using a passive preamp and when I had a LampizatOr Amber DAC with boosted gain, I felt that lower end jump a bit. However, when I upgraded to the LampizatOr Lite 7 DAC, the lower end was problematic until I purchased a Hsu Research ULS-15 Mk II subwoofer. Problem solved! In our room, it really shines on all sorts of music. From what I recently saw, there is a pair for sale right now.
Cheers,
Juan