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Had Three Different Speaker Thoughts; Now A Fourth

I currently have B&W 606 S2 bookshelves and I am thinking about doing something different, I haven't been overwhelmed by their build or performance. So I read and read and read some more and I think I have it narrowed down to three choices. Auditioning any of them is highly unlikely.

I've looked at the Tannoy Eaton, the Volti Razz and the Magnepan 1.7.

My listening room is 12x25 and there's not a lot of room for moving my LP (odd closet and a center of house chimney). 
I have a Parasound Halo6 Integragrated. 
Given the size of the room would the Razz be too much? This is my top choice.

The fourth option a friend mentioned and it has appeal is this... I also own a pair of Polk RTiA7 towers. They are a really nice cabinet with a nice build that house a 6.5 and two 7 inch drivers and a tweeter. He said I should think about replacing the drivers with Scan Speaks and upgrading the crossovers.

Thoughts?
dadork
lukaske
307 posts
 
Ilumnia Vocalis MK2. Look at: Ilumnia.be
richopp
760 posts
 
Have your dealer set up the Maggies in your room and give them a few days to listen to a wide variety of your favorite music.

If you do not like them IN YOUR ROOM, buy something else.  However, be sure to critically look at your hardware as well.  You will hear whatever it adds or subtracts from the music with these speakers, so it may be time to change some of your components, or not!

Cheers, and happy listening, which is what it is all about!
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lhasaguy
330 posts
 
I think given the financial commitment you are going to make, that a road trip is in order.  If you have never heard Maggies, you definitely need to hear them.

I say this because people often are drawn to them, or not.  In my case, I knew they were for me immediately.  You nay or may not have the same reaction, but the only way to know isin person.  As an aside, on our first listening trip my wife liked them so much she was good buying 20.7a, we ended up with 3.6s and are content to this day.

Good luck on your journey, research, research, research!
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larry5729
1,001 posts
 
Why would you use a book shelf speaker for such a large room?
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audioman58
3,885 posts
 
Great German monitor ,the Elac Vela BS 403 it has the latest 
very refined Jet5 AMT tweeter , 6.5 inch sandwich Diamond Aluminum, paper mid Bass driver ,down firing Port, nicely done Xover even Van Dan hull Carbon  internal wiring , made in Germany not in China like the vast majority ,even B&W, Monitir Audio ,ps,audio, and paradigm Revel Sonus faber all China,for under $3k you are lucky to find anything 
fritz good drivers low end Xover and wiring owned $2500 I know first hand , I or others remove the driver to check ,I rebuild my own xovers many times . The Elac the exception to the rule
excellent paint finish and between $2-2500 with very good fast tight Bass mud 40 Hz which is very deceiving for a speaker not real big and the AMT tweeter is very fast but very refined and controlled.
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