2. speakers
  3. 175985-147758

Speakers for string Quartets

Hi, I know already this is not a great question to ask, but…I’m looking for speakers that will only be used for string quartets.  Looking for something that will give me some of he sound of the body of the violin, not just strings. Looking for transparency with great tone, but don’t care too much about bass.
I have a large room, but never listen above 80db

current amps are Pass xa25, first watt F8, Aric Audio Single ended kt88, PS Audio m700.

just looking to really hear the violins, cellos. 
hHopefully the narrow range of music can reduce the list of prospects.

thanks

 

caglioti
edcyn
1,876 posts
 

My NOLA Boxer speakers (via my Primaluna integrated) work quite well for this fiddle/violin player. With a good EMI or Philips recording, timbre can be pretty close to convincing. DGG can suffer from the usual brightness, but what can you say?

holmz's avatar
holmz
2,328 posts
 

This comes up often and the answer is always the same: Any well designed speaker will reproduce any music sent to it as a "music specific" speaker is simply silly. 

^Agree^
 

Piano and vocals are the hardest to fake as we are pretty evolutionarily well tuned into the voice… and pianos are purer tones.

If they play those well, then everything else is sure to be nice as well.

oliver_reid
64 posts
 

I have ATC SCM 19s mated (very well) with a Dynaudio 18s dual 9" sub

The ATC’s are smooth and accurate with extended but not intrusive highs

Where string notes drop into the sub range the sound is musical and precise - YoYo Ma’s Apalachian Journey albums sound fantastic.

keithsax
107 posts
 

got to be esl57

clearthinker's avatar
clearthinker
1,582 posts
 

Certainly electrostatics.

More to discover