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| B&W vs Vandersteen? that splash you just heard was stringreen jumping off a bridge | |
| B&W 803 Diamond Early returns on the new line have been decidedly good so far. As for price, actually, although the B&W line has increased price-wise, if there is a commensurate or even greater improvement in sound, why shouldn't it cost more, like everything... | |
| Revel Salon 2 vrs Kef 207/2 Since you asked for other recs:I recently heard the Rockport Ankaa, which at 25-27k is priced right there with Sasha. WOW! I have listened to lots of speakers recently and this has basically blown everything else away. I need to listen to Sasha so... | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona/JL F112 VS Sonus Faber Elipsa What are the Elipsas retailing for these days? Trying to get a sense of what to compare them to. | |
| Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can Say what you want about kiwi's opinion, but man, that's one well-written, detailed and informative review. | |
| Sophia 2/Magico V2 versus Sasha/Magico V3 Madfloyd, hope I don't add to your confusion but I did briefly listen to the V3, the mini2, followed by the V2 all at the same dealer, but all with different electronics. All were very good, but all had compromises. The V3 had strong deep bass, bu... | |
| B&W 802N I've heard macs on B&Ws many times and they sound great. There are several dedicated B&W forums on the net, and macs are always a top choice. Would be one of my first choices. | |
| Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can Doug Schroeder, reviewer at Dagogo.com, reviewed and I believe subsequently purchased the Kings for himself. He lurks around here as well and I'm sure when he sees this topic he will jump aboard. In the meantime, check out his review. | |
| B&W vs Vandersteen? I will add that I've listened to both (802D vs V5) and find the B&W a better all-around speaker than the Vandy. Not at all harsh. Livelier than Vandy. Vandy very relaxed, great for small ensemble and acoustic stuff, but to my ears will not roc... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? Duke, if I diffuse or absorb the backwave, don't I kill the ambiance, depth, palpability, etc of the dipole sound? It seems to me that the bi-directionality (maggie, soundlab) or the omni-directionality (mbl, ohm)or the boxlessness (nola, legacy w... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? Ah, sthomas, but the magic of the maggie is only available in planar/stats, although open baffle comes close. The HD's have a ribbon tweet I think, so there is some resemblance, but not that holographic, palpable, 3D sound. Yes, the HD, as with ot... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? Philjolet, that's one of those things I've recently come to understand about the maggies, the concept of spending way more on the amps than the speakers to coax the best sound out of them. This is a concept I'm just starting to wrap my head around... | |
| B&W suggestions - N803 vs. 804S I have the N803 and I doubt that the 804 is better, even in it's newer iteration. With usual caveats (setup, room, ancillaries) you will simply get better bass response from the N803 and you can tame what some claim is a sometimes bright treble wi... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? Thanks so much for the replies so far. It seems that some are finding success with 3', but others are suggesting less than max performance. Nice to know that James thinks the sweetspot is no smaller than a B&W, since I do have N803's right now... | |
| Has anyone listened to Nola Micro and/or Metro ? Joe, I believe it was some pretty expensive Audio Research stuff, but I've listened to so many speakers I can't guarantee this. What drives me nuts is listening to speakers with 3x or 4x their cost in electronics. Worst case was a pair of maggie 3... |