What are the more naturally sounding speakers?
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Silver Member Username: TdogroederDes Moines, IA Post Number: 132 Registered: Sep-05 | The price range would be $1000-$2000 for LCR, something that is not bright/forward. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 1240 Registered: Dec-06 | You mean like speakers that don't sound digital? Paradigms have a laid back signature to them. Why? |
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Silver Member Username: TdogroederDes Moines, IA Post Number: 133 Registered: Sep-05 | Speakers that make your listening experience as close to a live performance as possible. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 1242 Registered: Dec-06 | I can still vouch for 3 brands. MartinLogan, B&W, Paradigm. From listening I've liked all 3 about equally. MartinLogans have a great midrange, Paradigms accurately portray a sense of space, and B&Ws are very musical. This is what I got from listening. Different people listening can have different reactions. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9796 Registered: May-04 | . "Speakers that make your listening experience as close to a live performance as possible." Pssssst, it ain't the speakers that manage that trick. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 1245 Registered: Dec-06 | It's all in the recording right? You can't make it sound live if it's not well recorded. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 5951 Registered: Dec-04 | TDog, grab a coffee and sit down a while... |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 5952 Registered: Dec-04 | It's all about integration and interaction. The pieces have to work together, but there are sympathetic considerations. This is not always a warm speaker/bright receiver consideration, but one on a more gut level. Does it sound right to you? How 'live' have you heard lately, and how live? Amplified? Mine is. Thats live. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 379 Registered: Nov-05 | Just hire the band..................its easier |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 380 Registered: Nov-05 | But, be sure to put the speakers next to em, makes it even more realistic |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 381 Registered: Nov-05 | Sorry Tdog, but there is differences in what type of live you are looking for as well like Nuck has mentioned. I have personally yet to find a speaker, (which has to be amplified) sound like a live pianist unamped. Or an acoustical guitar in a small club unamped sound the same on a amplified system. Some systems can get real close, but you will spend much more than your 1500.00 to get a sniff. |
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Silver Member Username: TdogroederDes Moines, IA Post Number: 134 Registered: Sep-05 | Guys, I guess what I am looking for is he best sounding speaker in the $1000-$2000. That offers the best detail without being bright/forward. Thanks |
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Silver Member Username: TdogroederDes Moines, IA Post Number: 135 Registered: Sep-05 | Guys, I guess what I am looking for is the best sounding speaker in the $1000-$2000. That offers the best detail without being bright/forward. Thanks |
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Silver Member Username: TdogroederDes Moines, IA Post Number: 136 Registered: Sep-05 | Guys, I guess what I am looking for is the best sounding speaker in the $1000-$2000. That offers the best detail without being bright/forward. Thanks |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2400dB could probably d..., SouthWest Mi... Too Many DBs... Post Number: 1280 Registered: Dec-06 | Well, probably my choice would be one of these: http://www.hometheaterstore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HTM7 OR the Paradigm CC-270 (both $800) paired with a B&W Asw-700 or Paradigm Seismic 10 (I give it an A from when I owned it, upgrading now). Of course, if you don't really need all that low end power say when during a movie there's a lot of low frequency content then I'm sure you'd be content with this, as would I: http://signature.paradigm.com/HTML_Site/SigProduct/C5/C5.html Those are my preferences, yours may differ. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9797 Registered: May-04 | . "I guess what I am looking for is the best sounding speaker ... " Lordigod, when is someone going to ask for the worst sounding speaker they can afford? Nuck, it's up to you. Don't let me down. . |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9798 Registered: May-04 | . Tdog - I'm not dismissing your question but there are over 54,000 posts on the "Speakers" portion of the forum, and that's just in the Home Audio section. Do you think no one has asked for the "best sounding speakers" they can afford before you came along? Have you read any of the archived threads? |
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Silver Member Username: TwebbzOakland Park, Florida USA Post Number: 471 Registered: Apr-04 | Paradigm Studio 60v4 about $1,600. Go take a listen. You'll know if they hit you right. AFTERWARDS, check out the B&W DM604s.3 about $1,400. They are a bit more forward but they are definitely fine. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 383 Registered: Nov-05 | What gear is being used? That will make a difference, and not so small either. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 384 Registered: Nov-05 | But, just for the fun of it all, look into Dynaudio. |
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Gold Member Username: T_bomb25Dayton, Ohio United States Post Number: 1511 Registered: Jun-05 | Onix Mini Strata $1995,Raw Acustics HT-3 $1295,ACI Sapphire XL $1500 to $1700,and Selah Audio SSR $1200 and Ohm Walsh Micro'$1000, These are the cream of the crop in this pricerange a B&M speaker new in this pricerange will not get you their for the kinda sound you are looking for,they dont offer very high quality parts at this price level.B&M speakers are to compramised at this price level with to many cheap cost cutting parts.B&M companies I would look at would be: Revel,Rega,Usher,Wharfedale,Pro Ac,Focal,Audes,PSB,Totem,some of these B&M companies I'm naming build their own drivers,so they have better handle on what they can get to sound good at relatively cheap prices,not as good as the ID companies,but these that are named are very good. |
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Gold Member Username: T_bomb25Dayton, Ohio United States Post Number: 1512 Registered: Jun-05 | Also add Epos,Magnapan and Era to that list of B&M's,damn I miss that edit option. |
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Silver Member Username: TdogroederDes Moines, IA Post Number: 137 Registered: Sep-05 | What about AV123 RS450's? Which Epos? |
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Bronze Member Username: ElevenPittsburgh, PA USA Post Number: 71 Registered: Nov-06 | How about the best speakers for $15K to $500K each? And nothing too bright, please. I prefer a warm sound without boomy bass.  |
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Silver Member Username: Jingka99Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Post Number: 107 Registered: Aug-06 | TDog, epos M12.2, M15.2 and M22.... |
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Gold Member Username: T_bomb25Dayton, Ohio United States Post Number: 1516 Registered: Jun-05 | I just did a review on the 450's on avs,yeah they are alot of speaker for the money,with a very nice Danny Richie designed crossover,the best floorstander,I've ever heard for under $1k,deeply intimate speaker by any means with the utmost soul. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9809 Registered: May-04 | . "Soul" is natural? |
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