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What planer speaker to start with? Budget 2k

I've been wanting to try a pair of planer speakers for a while now. I just don't know where to start. I have an Aleph 5 to drive them, and I have a sub. My listening room is 17' by 25' by 8'. So far my favorite speakers are an old pair of Epos es-11's. My budget (which hasn't been cleared by my wife yet...) is $1999. I listen to everything except country and jazz. Thanks in advance.
rtenyes
rtenyes OP
6 posts
 
I was wondering about an "older" set of quads, the 57's possibly?
dschultz
19 posts
 
For just over half that budget you could have had my pair of Soundlab Pristine II full range electrostats. I had them advertised at a VERY low price at the Asylum because I didn't want to move them. No offers... so they're coming with.
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
I don't think your amp will work well with Maggies...I could be wrong though?

Dave
macdadtexas
1,794 posts
 
If you have $2k you need to look at Maggie 1.6qr's as stated above, or a very good condition, in fact with your budget you could send them back to Magnepan, of Maggie IIIa's. Both great speakers, but both need a lot of power, the more the better.
rodman99999
6,206 posts
 
His amp has MOSFET outputs that will drive maggies just fine, as long as he's not trying to rock the house. The Aleph 5 should output a solid 80-100WPC to the maggie's 4 to 6 ohm nominal load before any kind of clipping occurs. Yes: With Maggies- More IS better, but unless he's an SPL freak(like me): the combo(MMG or 1.6) should be satisfying.
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