Yes, agreed, the OP does have plenty of choices under his budget as mentioned if he/she does not desire for low end extended to 30-40 hz range. For example, I would get raved Evoke 10 as you have suggested (or even Evoke 20 by stretching the budget) home for auditioning. Crutchfiled that I bought my Linton from does have good return policy.
Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma
Hello all. I posted this earlier under the title Book Shelf Dilemma. Thank you to the many who replied with excellent advice and suggestions. Some responders asked about the room dimensions and as I investigated the suggested speakers I concluded that the room dimensions and furniture set up may be important to consider. So, I am reposting with a schematic of the room which shows the Bay Windows and furniture as well as a note that the insulation between my apartment and the unit below is marginal. I make this point with the understanding that a Sub Woofer may be good to include.
Note: I want to position the speakers along the Bay Window facing back into the apartment and dining/kitchen area. Most of my listening is done from this area.
Budget - $1000.00 (with stands would be a bonus)
Amplifier - McCormack DNA 0.5
Pre - McCormack ALD-1
Source - Cambridge 851N - Spotify Premium
Music preferences - fairly eclectic
Jazz (Bony James, Lee Ritenour, Paul Harris, Bob James)
Female Vocals (Eva Cassidy, Duffy, Sarah Jarosz, Nadine Anderson)
1980’s Rock (Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Dave Mason)
Thank you all for your suggestions and advice1
Ray
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You did, @grislybutter. In the past almost a year, I tried to integrate my 25 year old AR SW30 sub, SVS SB 1000 and SB 2000 with my 2-channel system using (1) speaker level input (2) line level input as well as (3) line-level input with HPF (fixed at 80 hz as provided in both SB models). I do not have fancy DSP / eq to assist me taming down the sound fields but I have exhausted the sub placements to find that sweet spot. With all these efforts, I was not able to achieve seamless integration (at least to my ears) primarily because of the disparities of the speed and texture between the sub and main speaker drivers. Admittedly, as mentioned in other posts, maybe the servo controlled sub will do a better job but I have deep doubts to proceed with experiment. All I did just confirms what Sandy Grove was saying "It is almost impossible to integrate sub ..." That is why all the higher end Golden Ear speakers has built-in sub. Correct Mr. Grove if he was biased... |
@grislybutter I think you might be pleasantly surprised by the SB1000. Did you get the Pro version with integration software? Owners seem to really like being able to integrate their sub with their phone from the listening chair. Please share your impressions if you could. |
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