Having own and owned several Energy Veritas, JBL, B&W, Revel, Snell, Cello, VS, Meridian, Dunlavy, Duntech, and so on down the line, the two speakers I prefer (very personal taste obviously) over all but ONE of the above are the Energy Veritas 2.8's and 1.8's. Neither require subs, and only the massively large Wilson Alexandria can the same be said about - in my room, with my electronics, to my ears. While the JBL K2 came close, the Veritas do so much right it is a shame Energy used the then Goodguys to market and sell this line - used with higher end receivers in a Costco style audio/video shop!
Energy RC or Veritas
Hi,
I was hoping to get some opinions and was thinking of possibly procuring a pair of either the RC-50's or a used Veritas (1.8, 2.3, 2.4). Unfortunately, there really isn't an Energy dealer nearby, so it is difficult to listen to them firsthand.
First things first, my room is only 12 x 16, so I'm not sure if the Veritas line will play nice with my small room. Is either speaker line particularly picky with room acoustics/placement? I don't have the best arrangement or placement for listening. I currently use the Revel M20's, which are fairly forgiving of that. I've been pretty satisfied but the reason I'm thinking of making a change is that the Revel's don't quite go low enough and a subwoofer isn't really an option for me.
I am probably 60% music: 40% HT. I listen to every genre of music, which unfortunately does include mainstream/hiphop. I use my computer as a source and lossless when available, but it does also mean that not every song I have will be CD quality. Price DOES matter and if the things I mentioned above mean I would be better off going with a lower line, then perhaps I should go down that route.
Thank you for your thoughts!
I was hoping to get some opinions and was thinking of possibly procuring a pair of either the RC-50's or a used Veritas (1.8, 2.3, 2.4). Unfortunately, there really isn't an Energy dealer nearby, so it is difficult to listen to them firsthand.
First things first, my room is only 12 x 16, so I'm not sure if the Veritas line will play nice with my small room. Is either speaker line particularly picky with room acoustics/placement? I don't have the best arrangement or placement for listening. I currently use the Revel M20's, which are fairly forgiving of that. I've been pretty satisfied but the reason I'm thinking of making a change is that the Revel's don't quite go low enough and a subwoofer isn't really an option for me.
I am probably 60% music: 40% HT. I listen to every genre of music, which unfortunately does include mainstream/hiphop. I use my computer as a source and lossless when available, but it does also mean that not every song I have will be CD quality. Price DOES matter and if the things I mentioned above mean I would be better off going with a lower line, then perhaps I should go down that route.
Thank you for your thoughts!