i kinda hesitate to recommend my beloved Linton because they exceed your price range and a used pair is hard to find. But since the Audiogoners keep mentioning them, let me render my recommendation to you here with a reservation. That is your Adcom 545, which has damping factors around 3000 at 50Hz, may not match with the Linton well. Such a high damping factor may give the woofer of Linton, that already has tight bass, more control than necessary. With my Parasound A23 (DF=1000), for example, the Linton's bass sounds a bit too tight to my taste. Otherwise, I will render my reservation without any reservation if you could raise your budget.
Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000
Hey All !
Ok, so with wife is good with spending about $1K on a pair of speakers.
I'm not sure of the preamp yet but the amp will most likely be an Adcom GFA-545 not the 545II.
I now have an older pair of Dayton Wright LCM-1's which are more suited to a smaller room.
The new speakers will be in the living room connected to the Adcom and also a signal fed from the TV but I don't want a multi-speaker system. Stereo is fine and if they sound good to me with music the wife will be happy with the TV sound. She just wants them to look good and not have a lot of wires hanging around. We'll be listening to vinyl, CD's, Lossless, FM and possibly music fed through Apple or AT&T fiber optic TV setup.
The living room is 19' w X 29' d with a 12' ceiling, hardwood oak flooring and 4 - 6' tall windows on one wall. The other side wall is open to a long entrance way and 2/3 of the far side is open to the kitchen are.
I thought about a used pair of Klipsch Hersey's but I keep reading comments that they are too outdated compared to advances in audio over the last few decades.
So for around $1K what are some good choices. I'm OK with used.
Thank you !
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