https://audio-connexion.com/odeon-audio-tosca-2020-floorstanding-loudspeakers-poplar. I recently purchased the Izumi monitor model, which has the same tweeter and woofer, and could not be happier, I have owned probably a dozen or more monitors, T+A, Raidho, Canton, Audiovector, TAD,.. and these win. Hopefully someone will snag these at a great price! Leading edge, transients and speed are all there.
Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound
Hello- I am looking to spend about 20-30k on used speakers ( guessing they would have been -40K new a few years back). Any suggestions welcome. I have a 14*20 room and I am looking for dynamics, potentially a great sounding horn or equivalent. Excited by Tektons but since I have the budget wondering if there's anything better. I did have the JBL M2s that I really enjoyed and Revel Salon 2s that I didn't so much
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One of the best speakers I ever heard were the Yamaha NS1000. They make a new series in the place of the NS1000s which are the NS5000 speakers. Worth a listen. https://youtu.be/SJ14fyv9xZo?si=fNHDxfQrs6X3BM_2 The other was the ESS with the Air Motion transformers. They were the model with a 12" woofer in a square cabinet with the AMT sitting on top of each woofer. I think a company still makes them. |
+1 more for the JBLs. And no dicking around on eBay or Reverb, or some garage-built, unserviceable wet-dream of questionable provenance. Just world-class engineering and build quality, Plus a real warranty, and near-guaranteed resell ability. Music Direct: https://www.musicdirect.com/speakers/jbl-k2-s9900-tower-speakers-cherry-wood-grain-pair-open-box/ Oh yeah, they sound great - these are not honkmeisters like Klipsch and most other old-school horns. But they're not shy, either, Speaker with this kind design are going to have what you ask for - dynamics, speed, and big sound - in spades, and simply more of it than any cone speaker can deliver. No brag, just physics. https://www.whathifi.com/jbl/k2-s9900/review
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Where most speakers err in speed is the decay more than the attack. Poor decay muddles the sound and affects the next attack plus it reduces dynamics because it creates a higher noise floor for following tones. For what it's worth, Gordon Holt, the creator of Stereophile and the man responsible for the current form of audio reviewing did lots of live recording. The last speakers he paid for were ATC50a active speakers. He told me they were among the very few speakers that reproduced sound so it sounded like the live performances he recorded. Plus for what it's worth I've always been impressed with ATC speakers, especially the active versions. All things being equal active speakers are superior including transient behavior. |
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