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Best Speakers below $1000 for my needs

I currently have a sony STR-5000 ES fed by a Toshiba SD-9200 for DVD-A and a Denon 2910 for SACD. I'm looking to upgrade my speakers and I have $1000 to spend. I'd like to stick with monitor size, unless there happens to be a great deal on some towers. I'm looking at B&W's, M&K's, and Dynaudios. I have expereice with Dynaudios from my days as a recording engineer and I really love their sound, but I have heard very good things about B&W's and M&K's.

I listen to everything from jazz, to rock, to dance, etc. I still produce trance/jungle albums so I'd like to be able to monitor some of my board mixes in my living room after working on them in my project studio. So I'm really looking for a well balanced speaker. I'm looking for imaging and resolution more than strong bass.

What would you all suggest?
lupodwdm
mauiaudioman
171 posts
 
Another vote for the GMA Europa's.
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drubin
3,274 posts
 
And still another vote for Europas.
rackon
301 posts
 
And now for something completely different...

How about the Epos M5s or the Nola Lil Rascals MkII, both under $700, but terrific buys for the money.

They are both outstanding dynamically, with large soundstages, clarity, good imaging, very balanced & natural sounding, and resolving. You say you don't care about bass but both have good LFs, especially for their size. They donlt need subs to sound satisfying.

The Epos are a hair more refined in the treble and the Nola is a hair more nimble in the mid-upper bass. NO brightness or fatigue in either. They're articulate enough for classical and acoustic but they can boogie too.

You would appreciate the dynamics - they will handle loud volumes without congestion or collapsing the sound stage. Big sound outa little boxes. Check 'em out.

Use the money you save to start a fund for better electronics.

BTW, I do like Green Mountain and Dynaudio, but I could never warm up to the afforable B&Ws and I don't like M&K.
estrong
57 posts
 
I've owned a pair of B&W 602's for a few years. I have not come across a better sounding speaker for $600. The new series 3's sound even better than the ones I have. I would strongly suggest giving the B&W DM 602 series 3 a shot.
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