Ok I’m 67...been around mono and stereo equipment my whole life.With houses and apts of all different sizes.I now own a townhouse with catheral ceiling...30’x15’ with balcony...Its like a concert hall,and alot of speakers just don’t cut it.I need big speakers with plenty of amp rms ...JBLs ,ARs,Sono Faber,Cerwin Vegas,Polk,KLH,Yamamha,Pioneer,B&W,Klipshorn,Dyanco,Bose ,Sansui,Radio Shack,Lafayettes,Bozaks,Elacs,Fulance,Sonys,Tannoys,Marantzs,Cambridge,etc,etc,etc...when you listen to music over alot of different speakers .Large woofers , its like going to a live concert like MSG but live music as we know sounds different at different stadiums like Yankee stadium vs Randels Is.Size of the places does make a difference like a Sound Engineer....the amp power...ive been at the Meadowlands for Bruce Springsteen and could hear a pin drop....But been at The Paramount in Huntington and people wouldn’t shut up.or put there Cell Phones away. .. . OMG lol..old,new ,vintage they all sound different but can start sounding the same...again price ! Do $500,000 sound better ? I have heard speaker Systems costing in the millions sound like crap because of a lousy sound man. Lol and a Four Seasons song sound fantastic on my RCA pocket radio.. Remember them.?
Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG!
OK. I am new in this (new in HIFI, in Audiogon, in discussion forums). I need to buy a pair of speakers for a newly-to-be-built HIFI system, and I am getting a little overwhelmed about all the options and possibilities (and opinions). By the way, I am NOT rich so that helps me a lot to discard a bunch of options.
I started checking vintage HIFI speakers for around $500, basically old JBLs, Technics, and the like (eBay, Craiglist, Letgo). Of course as soon as I began I started checking newer and pricier loudspeakers... and I am trying not to be a consumerist… Either way first I decided for a pair of JBLs vintage. Until I watched John Darko's youtube review on the ELAC Navis ARB-51. So I changed my mind, I raised my budget and changed from vintage to new, from big to small.
Then I learned about the huge immense used HIFI market. For the same price of the Navis I could buy speakers from enormous brands like Sonus Faber and Focal and B&W in the used market. There I could find Sonus Faber Veneres for 1500, B&W 802 for 2000, and so on. When I contacted somebody from another webpage (The music room) about which was the best option.... the response was... Vandersteen 2Ce signature, "by far". I looked for opinions about it and all I read about them was "OK but meeh".
So I was really confused. Until I learnt about the Tekton Double Impact, and now I started to get some dizziness. "The best loudspeakers for that price range", "the best period", etc. I contacted Eric Alexander, who kindly took his time to explain me why paper speakers are still the best, and so on. So they are great, really great, for "just" $3000... and I raised my budget again.
Either way, I have read so much, heard so much, watched so much, and I haven't learned much really. Different experts have different opinions, whether the speakers should be flat or not, colored or true, whether it is a matter of "taste" or "you should listen and like them". Well I am no expert, I am 45 years old and I probably won't listen wavelengths of 50 Htzs or lower.
I just want a pair of good speakers so I can enjoy King Crimson, Ramones or Beethoven.
Can anybody help? PLEASE???....
I started checking vintage HIFI speakers for around $500, basically old JBLs, Technics, and the like (eBay, Craiglist, Letgo). Of course as soon as I began I started checking newer and pricier loudspeakers... and I am trying not to be a consumerist… Either way first I decided for a pair of JBLs vintage. Until I watched John Darko's youtube review on the ELAC Navis ARB-51. So I changed my mind, I raised my budget and changed from vintage to new, from big to small.
Then I learned about the huge immense used HIFI market. For the same price of the Navis I could buy speakers from enormous brands like Sonus Faber and Focal and B&W in the used market. There I could find Sonus Faber Veneres for 1500, B&W 802 for 2000, and so on. When I contacted somebody from another webpage (The music room) about which was the best option.... the response was... Vandersteen 2Ce signature, "by far". I looked for opinions about it and all I read about them was "OK but meeh".
So I was really confused. Until I learnt about the Tekton Double Impact, and now I started to get some dizziness. "The best loudspeakers for that price range", "the best period", etc. I contacted Eric Alexander, who kindly took his time to explain me why paper speakers are still the best, and so on. So they are great, really great, for "just" $3000... and I raised my budget again.
Either way, I have read so much, heard so much, watched so much, and I haven't learned much really. Different experts have different opinions, whether the speakers should be flat or not, colored or true, whether it is a matter of "taste" or "you should listen and like them". Well I am no expert, I am 45 years old and I probably won't listen wavelengths of 50 Htzs or lower.
I just want a pair of good speakers so I can enjoy King Crimson, Ramones or Beethoven.
Can anybody help? PLEASE???....