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Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!!

For years and years, I brought in a multitude of different speakers into my listening room, never really being truly, completely satisfied with any of them. So the speaker merry-go-round went on and on, until I finally found the speakers that put all of that to rest. Not only was I dissatisfied, I was also going broke in the process. All that buying and selling was killing me and stressing me out, as well. It was the Revel Salon 2 speakers that finally got the job done for me. Once I got my hot little hands on the Revel Salon 2 speakers, it was all over. Now, I have absolutely no desire to switch out the Salons for anything else. The Revel Salon 2 speakers covered all the sonic bases for me, truly capturing my imagination, from top to bottom, like none of the others completely did. I get to hears all the new speakers at dealers and at shows, and they all sound just awesome, too.  But, still, for my money, the Salons 2s are the ones (they’re just that good). The Revel Salon 2 speakers turned out to be all the speaker I think I’ll ever need, and will be with me for the duration. For which, my ears and my wallet thank me.

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paul79
173 posts
 

Keepers I still currently use:

Joseph Audio Pearl 3

Altec Flamenco (with upgraded crossovers)

JBL L220 (with upgraded crossovers)

The Joseph give you everything audiophile on a plate, while sounding tonally beautiful. They also give the most beautiful "picture" of a performance I have heard. Not genre specific at all.

The Flamenco just have a dynamic presence that is hard for me, to be without. This box/horn speaker disappears so very well, and is very coherent. Kind of crazy what they can do, and there is no question about what kind of each instrument is playing. It is there, obvious, in the room.

The JBL pop a center image that is hauntingly real, standing there, touchable. Excellent vocal speaker. They remind me of a time I heard some TAD speakers in a studio. You can just touch everything in front of you. See everything that is going on.

Each of these provide emotion first for me, HiFi second, and seemingly easy. That emotion part is the hard thing for a lot of speakers I have heard get right.

bolong
386 posts
 

My Cornwall 4's are like a cool old uncle who talks a good game but will go to the Great Beyond sooner or later.

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stephens770
83 posts
 

Analysis Audio Orions. Made me do what I thought I'd never do, sell my IRS Betas. As big as the Betas sounded, the Analysis dwarf them in size and sound; all but the low end impact which Rels address. They are brutes with finesse. Huge and deep sound stage obviously, but also image precisely. Close your eyes and you are there.

herb19808
9 posts
 

I switch back and forth between a set of the original Spendor S3/5 speakers and a set of Harbeth P3 ES2.  Both are lovely sounding speakers, if you do not feel the need for subterranean bass.

doodle6
71 posts
 

I’ve had over 200 pairs over the last 50+ years and have about a dozen pairs set up around the house now, favorites that I just don’t want to part with.  I listen to all of them at least weekly.  JBL L-110, L-220, L-300, 4350, Project Array 1400, Tannoy Stuarts, JBL DD67000, Revel Salon2, Altec Valencia, BMR Towers, Ascend Acoustics Sierra 2 EX.  There’s not a dud in the bunch.  Any one of them would be sufficient for serious critical listening, but I really love to spoil ourselves with wonderful sound all over the house, several hours every day.

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