Monitor with a full range sound?

Hello,
The Totem Mani 2, which is an Isobarik design, will produce bass in high 20's!

No mention of quantity of bass vs. quality of bass? Anyone ever hear quality deep bass from a monitor? How many dozens of dB down and how pathetic was the SPL in anything but a 7ft x 7ft bathroom? Getting down to the 20's is not that hard to do, doing it flat down and pushing enough air, that is something else. For $8K you can buy some of the finest full range towers available, with quality sound from top to bottom....

Hi, The Platinum Solo's are a full range used monitor bargain at $700 to $800 if you provide your own stands, probably more if the optional factory stands are included.(more expensive to ship.) The company is gone, but the loyal listeners occasionally put their speakers up for sale. I have driven them successfully with 35 watt per channel Sound Valves tube amp, and Quad 303 transistor amp The speaker easily reveals subtleties in recordings along with startling, accurate bass from modestly powered amps when listened to at nearfield monitor distances. This may be worth a few weeks wait to see the next time it comes up on Audiogon, or Audioweb. P.S. The premium version called the Reference 1 is a more expensive and awe inspiring monitor speaker, but have not heard the De Capo lauded in the first post in this thread, for comparison.

Vandersteen has a monitor he wanted to get flat to at least 40hz to mate with his sub's 6db/octave crossover. (On the drawing boards still?) Wilson Benesch monitors go fairly low. For less money, and less extension, there is the Infinity 2.6 active or the Revel M20. The Totems mentioned above are a good choice, also. But I agree the question is worth examining - floorstanders really can take up just as little room by the time you add stands, and have extra cabinet volume. Monitors are not for full range sound. They are for imaging and lack of cabinet vibration and/or mating to subs.

I own, and love the Revel M20s. While their extension is quite amazing, they require a sub (for me that is). They, also, require, like all monitors, killer stands, to sound their best. The stands that come with the M20s are horrible. (but then, again, the stands that come with the 805s, are equally poor) I use the Sistrum Mini Monitor support system. While pricey, it cannot be beat, for taking your monitor to places where no other stands can. My review is in the archives.