What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase?


I'm looking for a high performance all around musical speaker. My previous speakers are:

Bose 501 - I was young and they served a purpose

Infinity SM150 - terrible from the start

Boston Acoustics T1000 - actually a nice all around speaker

Polk SDA-SRS1tl - loved the full sound, not accurate at all

Thiel 2.3 - Very dry sounding

B&W N802 - perhaps my favorite, but needed to be played loud

Thiel 3.7 - I think Jim's cancer affected his hearing

B&W 802D - 1st gen, still have.....please stop my ears from bleeding

 

What do you suggest?

 

 

onehorsepony

Showing 5 responses by aggie88

… and the Tannoy cabinets are like a work of art.

 

I would also think about the floor standing PS audio speakers.  It would make sense that they pair well with your equipment.

I’ve heard great things about the MOFI Sourcepoint 888 and,much more expensive, the KEF blade floorstanders.  
 

I’ve heard the Tannoy Stirling speakers which sound incredible to me.  I believe that the treble is adjustable depending on the room.  They have more expensive models too, that are larger.

audiotroy - Legacy Audio speakers were my grail 25 years ago.  I heard the Whisper speakers at a demo in Houston and they were the best sounding speakers I've ever heard.

lwin I recommended the PS Audio floorstanders to him...makes sense as he has PS Audio gear.

lhasaguy I agree about Maggies.   I loved my Mag Minis for years until my 250 WPC amp blew while watching an Aggie tournament basketball game.  I was using it with a Velodyne sub.  Sold the Maggies, but they were so beautiful with acoustic music and vocals such as with Eva Cassidy or several of my Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald albums, etc.  I don't knowif his amplifier has the current needed but it might.  I miss the Maggies but I actually sold them for more than what I paid for them.   I also had the Magnepan bass panel.