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Need help on speaker selection

I am in the process of putting together a budget audio system. I started with purchasing a Jolida 502A amp to replace my old 20w nad. I now need to find a set of used speakers within a $800 budget. My musical tastes are mostly concentrated in the folk, blues and rock areas. My listening room is 11x15x8high (plan to move up to a larger room in couple of years). Would my jolida be able to drive a set of Vandersteen 2CE's? Would the 2CE's have too much bass for my existing room. I am asking this because I liked the Vandersteeen 1C that I heard and now have the chance to purchase a used set of 2CE's for a good price. There is also a set of Epos m12's available but I'm not sure if they would have enough bass. I live in an area that doesn't have any high end audio stores, so any advice or suggestions for my system would be greatly appreciated.
rcmaccallum
rives
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Vandy's have the ability of having abundant bass. However, Richard Vandersteen designed in compensation for a flatter response. I do know he did very elaborate designs on this for the Model 3 and Model 5. I do not know what he did for the 2 series. If he used similar compensation methods, then you should be able to adjust the speaker quite well, and it's a good choice because you are going to have a pretty serious bump around 75 Hz that's going to need to be tamed.
tommytcg
6 posts
 
Get an Oris 150 or 200 and LIVE
scotty_910
119 posts
 
I bought a pair of green mountain audio europa's recently and am very happy with them. Two way time and phase aligned, marble composite cabinets. Overbuilt - read morel tweeters, audiomagic silver wiring, first order crossover - basically these things have increadible imaging, a coherence that is hard to beat, and increadible prat. You would not get the lowest bass as it has a 6" woofer, but these would be great to start with. They are highly efficient too! New I think they list at between $780 - $900 range. Give them a listen, they are worth seeking out.
foreverhifi
229 posts
 
Marco, I wouldn't be too hasty with those words regarding recent Klipsch designs! I have heard many Klipsch speaker designs over the years, and was never impressed really...including the older "classic klipsch" stuff likey you're mentioning.
I was an owner of such high end speakers as Thiel 1.5's and 2.3's, SF Electa Amators(originals), NHT 2.9's, PSB Stratus Silver I's, Merlin TSM-m's, Infinity Prelude MTS's, etc! I've also sold most every line out there in the main-stream at one time or another on a retail level, having worked for a few high end stores over the last 10 years. And the speakers I now use in my small room with a tube integrated amp driving em?...Klipsch SB-1's at $250 a pair retail! (actually, I'm going to SB-2's, which are better)...and I couldn't be happier for the time being!
These speakers shouldn't sound this good for what they are, but they do!..and I'm not changing any time soon. From HT, to rock, to delicate stuff, I'm thrilled with what these cheapie speakers can do! They are not supposed to be this good, but they are. The top end isn't what higher end speakers are ultimately, and midrange isn't as pure as some..but it's close. Pressence and dynamics are first rate, very neutral and transparent, and lots of detail!
For a small room esecially, there's not much that can compete with these for what you're lookiing for with a tube amp! They'll rock, they'll punch, and they'll finess as well. Best little speakers I've had to date for the bucks...no kidding!
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