$600 bookshelves

 

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Username: Virus5877

West Lafayette, Indiana USA

Post Number: 158
Registered: Apr-05
alright, guys, your mission, should you choose to accept it:

What is/would be your favorite bookshelf speakers for (2 channel music listening) at the $600 benchmark?

speakers I'm looking at:

B&W 602 S3
Klipsch RB-35
Paradigm Monitor 3


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Gold Member
Username: Edster922

Abubala, Ababala The Occupation

Post Number: 1370
Registered: Mar-05
I'd add the Ascend 340s to that list, but you probably already knew that. ; )
 

Silver Member
Username: Virus5877

West Lafayette, Indiana USA

Post Number: 163
Registered: Apr-05
haha, I can always count on eddie to promote his ascends!

honestly, do you own stock in ascend acoustics or what?

lol!

Yes, i have considered the 340's, however without a proper audition, I can't really look too hard at them.
 

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Username: Jimvm

Louisiana U.S.A.

Post Number: 131
Registered: Apr-05
Of all the $600 speakers I've auditioned, the JMLab Chorus 707 impressed me the most. The Monitor Audio B2 is no slouch either. I've never auditioned the Dynaudio Audience 42s, but I've heard they are excellent.

Of the three you listed, I think I'd go with the B&W's.

Just curious -- with a benchmark of $600 why aren't you looking at the Paradigm Monitor 5 instead of the 3?

BTW, for about $80 more you could get a pair of Paradigm Studio 20s. Not too much more money for a big leap in SQ, IMHO.
 

Gold Member
Username: Edster922

Abubala, Ababala The Occupation

Post Number: 1371
Registered: Mar-05
> honestly, do you own stock in ascend acoustics or what?

nah, if I ever bought stock in any audio company it'd be Bose.

As PT Barnum once said, "You'll never go broke underestimating the stupidity of the public!"
 

Gold Member
Username: Edster922

Abubala, Ababala The Occupation

Post Number: 1372
Registered: Mar-05
oops, correction: he said,

"You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

(Karl Rove certainly hasn't, heh!)
 

Silver Member
Username: T_bomb25

Dayton, Ohio United States

Post Number: 417
Registered: Jun-05
Odyssey Epiphony by far the best at this price and the rest as follows: Epos ELS 3 $329,B&W $600,Totem Dreamcatcher $450,Bohlender Graebner Radzia Z-1 $499,Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 $349.I wanna include Tims Lings but I cant yet and Eddie has the Ascends covered.
 

Silver Member
Username: Joe_c

Oakwood, Ga

Post Number: 760
Registered: Mar-05
For the price, those Bohlender/g's are really nice. I heard them on a decent surround amp and they still shined.
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