MartinLogan Motion 4 vs Gallo A'Diva



I have a fancy system and all that, but sometimes just want to listen to the news and that's an awful lot of power to draw from the wall just to casually watch nonsense TV or news type stuff.

My plasma has 6-8 ohm speaker outs, so I'd like to add some kind of super-small speaker at low cost. I've been running, in this form, some old cambridge soundworks and they have been fine, but are 15+ years old and the high end is super-tinny, basically unlistenable.

So I am wondering, I know this is lower-end than most of what goes on here, but I'd like to spend not more than these cost and am open to other models, but can't be more expensive or larger.

What do people think? I slightly lean towards the A'Diva at this point, but am not 100% sure.

This might actually be a common use-case, so maybe lots of you have thought about simple computer/tv speakers for non-super-high-end use. Note that several computer speakers don't quite go loud enough for this application - many of those are optimized for a 2- 4 foot listening distance.
lightminer
Just saying, If I had those Maggies....(and system) I would be hard pressed to listen to a tv thru another speaker... : )
You may also find that the "tinny problem" is not the speakers, but the amp in the TV.
Yeah, I did some tests, and obviously the DAC/pre/amp in the TV is less quality than my main system, but I actually put the really old speakers on my main system, and they were really really bad.

I'm at just under 1000 watts everything running, and might add another amp (active bi-amping of speakers) which actually could be another 1000 watts. So that running all day many days adds up...

I really like the Due, and actually almost bought a dented pair from a local dealer last year for this purpose, but I think smaller is good. But, yeah, Due is a great speaker.

I'm strongly leaning towards A'Diva Ti right now.

As another experiment per the last comment, I may try to hook up Maggie 3.6s to the TV out. I have to get some skinny cable, however, as the TV out only takes something like 22 gauge wire. My Kimber 8 gage or whatever it is won't fit :).
I use the Gallo A'Diva (non-Ti) for my TV speakers. They are infinitely better than those in the TV...however, they reveal everything. Any static, or line noise is coming through, as there is no crossover to buffer this out. I am now using the Cambridge Soundworks Model 12 as the amp and sub for the setup, and a Grant Fidelity Tube Buffer. This has effectively filtered the noise. I know...a little excessive, but totally worth it! Plus it's another system to play with. :-)

Another suggestion is to get some powered speakers connected via RCA out, like the AudioEngine A2, Aktimakes, or B&W MM1s.

Mot

Mot
Nice speakers, why go backwards? Why not a very inexpensive used class D amplifier. Small and efficient.