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 1 response by bjesien

I’ve owned and would recommend Devore, Proac, Verity, Harbeth, Reynaud to your mix. Owned a bunch of others many years ago like Vandersteen original 5, but they are out dated in sound for the practicality of owning them (extremely heavy). Old Wilson and Magico and B&W same category but if that older sound doesn’t matter, there is value there. Others like modern Klipsch are okay but they have the rigidity of a bathroom vanity from Home Depot if that matter. which it does.

I always suggest finding the kind of amp you can listen to over time and the speaker equal or second in some cases. Learn about efficiency and impedance curve to hone in on the amp and sound.

Again, most newer speaker manufacturers will have more live sound as they all come out with new products. If you haven't heard they buy something older, be happy.