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Bookshelf Bake Off
Fellow Audiogoners,
Lend me your ears. I live on a farm in South Georgia and have a 3+ hour drive in any direction to audition anything. The price I pay for land, peace and horses I suppose. I am putting together a secondary system and can't audition everything I have interest in, so I am hoping you can help me shorten the short list to a manageable set of maybe three (two would be even better) auditions for bookshelf speakers. They will be driven by 2 x PS Audio M700 Monoblocks, Schiit Freya+ tube preamp and a Mytek Brooklyn DAC+. The space is fairly small at approx. 10'x20'. For a number of reasons, floorstanders are not a possibility, hence the call for bookshelf speakers. I would like to keep the budget in the $2K range, +/- a reasonable %. I am not someone that feels the need to max the budget, i.e. linear correlation of price and quality, so feel free to suggest high value brands/models less than the max budget. I have a pair of Focal Aria 906 in another system and very much like their sound, but want something a bit warmer with similar (or better) resolution. Deeper low frequency extension would be a plus. The brands I have narrowed the field to are:
Revel
Legacy
KEF
Monitor Audio
Sonus Fabre
PSB
This list is not written in stone, just my initial list after research. Feel free to suggest anything I have omitted that warrants consideration. Thanks in advance for your ears.
Mark
Lend me your ears. I live on a farm in South Georgia and have a 3+ hour drive in any direction to audition anything. The price I pay for land, peace and horses I suppose. I am putting together a secondary system and can't audition everything I have interest in, so I am hoping you can help me shorten the short list to a manageable set of maybe three (two would be even better) auditions for bookshelf speakers. They will be driven by 2 x PS Audio M700 Monoblocks, Schiit Freya+ tube preamp and a Mytek Brooklyn DAC+. The space is fairly small at approx. 10'x20'. For a number of reasons, floorstanders are not a possibility, hence the call for bookshelf speakers. I would like to keep the budget in the $2K range, +/- a reasonable %. I am not someone that feels the need to max the budget, i.e. linear correlation of price and quality, so feel free to suggest high value brands/models less than the max budget. I have a pair of Focal Aria 906 in another system and very much like their sound, but want something a bit warmer with similar (or better) resolution. Deeper low frequency extension would be a plus. The brands I have narrowed the field to are:
Revel
Legacy
KEF
Monitor Audio
Sonus Fabre
PSB
This list is not written in stone, just my initial list after research. Feel free to suggest anything I have omitted that warrants consideration. Thanks in advance for your ears.
Mark
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I should have also included my listening tastes. Here is an approximate distribution of listening time by genre. Heavy Rock (Korn, Tool, etc) - 40% Vocal Jazz (Norah Jones, Diana Krall, etc) - 40% Hip-Hop - 10% Folk / Country / Blues - 10% @twoleftears I have never heard of Fritz or Silverline, I'll look into them, thanks. @yogiboy The reviewer pretty clearly states that the Harbeth are not for my musical tastes, would you agree? @kren0006 I was actually going to put Dynaudio on the list, I just don't know much about them. Would you recommend them over everything else on the list? @glennewdick Ironic, I had actually just opened an article on ProAc when your message came through. I don't know much about them, but reading up now. Thanks guys for your input. Anyone else have an opinion in Audiogon land? |
I don’t listen to Heavy Rock or Hip-Hop so I can’t give you my opinion on that. All the other type of the music you listen to is what I like and the Harbeths are outstanding! I doubt that any small bookshelf speaker will satisfy you if you like Heavy Rock! https://www.hifizine.com/2011/12/harbeth-p3esr/ |
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