Wow! Sorry, I did not mean to offend anyone.
Fritz Carrera or other possibilities!
I am currently shopping for monitor speakers in the $4000 price range new or used. The reviews for the Fritz Carerra's are very positive and I'm trying to explore all my options before making a decision. My room is 12x15x8. My current monitor speakers are about 4 ft. out from the wall behind them and 3 ft. from the side walls. I can be flexible with placement. This seems to work well with my current speakers.
I don't have a lot of room treatments, but have enough soft furniture in the room that helps with absorption. I also have 2 GIK Soffit Bass traps in the corners behind the speakers, which really helped to tighten up the bass. I will be augmenting the speakers with 2 Rythmik F-12 subwoofers and I would prefer monitors, but am open to other suggestions. The room is not too overly damped or too lively, seems to be just about neutral. I sit about 10 feet from the speakers and they are about 8 feet apart in an equilateral triangle. I'm also about 2 feet from the wall behind me. I pretty much like all types of music from rock to classical to bluegrass and jazz. I'm looking for speakers that will sound good with all types of music. I like to hear warm detailed but not overly bright speakers. My limit new or used is $4000. I live in the Northeast so it's all but impossible to audition speakers in my area. Any suggestion or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Electronics:
Dehavilland Ultraverve III tube preamp
D-sonic amplifier M3a-800s 400 watts into 8ohms
Sony XA-5400 SACD player
2 Rythmik F-12 subwoofers and a Velodyne SMS-1.
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Hi @johnc5 -- happy to weigh in a bit. I did a couple reviews of Fritz's speakers. I have a preamp very very close to the Dehavilland Ultraverve III tube preamp (great score) and also have 2 Rythmik F-12 subwoofers and a third sub, a REL R-328. I had both the Carrera and the Rev7 mk 2 SE in my possession for a number of months, and ultimately went with towers, but were I to choose a standmount, I'd go with the REV 7. Why? I could not tame the Be tweeter on a similar standmount (the Salk SS6M) and I remember the absolute ease and lusciousness of the Rev7. I believe it is an extraordinary speaker, easy to drive, capable of both clarity and mellow musicality. If I was going with Fritz, I'd go with that one. |
I've owned the Carrera's and they are a great monitor but if you are looking for "warm and detailed" I would look into the Rev 7 SE and not the the Carbon 7 SE as the Rev 7 SE uses the same level of drivers as the Carrera but replaces the Be tweeter with the Illuminator tweeter. https://www.fritzspeakers.com/DreamWeaverFritzREV7SESpecPage.asp |
The S/B Acoustics 29 BE tweeter is fine with my sensitive ears. This is what John is using in the current Carrera iteration. The 7" Mid woofer by Scan Speak is similar to one used by Wilson.
I use a small REL sub with them.
During the August 2022 SpeakeFest event I had about 15 different standmounts all below the $3k MSRP cap we chose. After two weeks of listening I decided : The Triangle 40th Annv Comete, Philharmonics, Totems, ATC. See AZAVCLUB.com for more details.
Price-wise the Fritz were just over our arbitrary cap of $3k. But they are a great value and covered more of my needs so I went with them.
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