Best Proac monitor

Rub, I voted with my $1,700 plus tax and got new Tablette 2000 Signatures when they first came out in 1999. My dealer carried Proac but didn't have any Sigs on display. Compared to the Response Series' specification the Sigs seemed to offer everything they did but at a lower price. It was like discovering a marketing error. I listened to the 1.5's and the regular Tablette 2000. I ordered the Sigs unheard and unseen.

Proac's introductory blurb for them says: The Ultimate in Compact Loudspeaker Design. By comparison, the pricier Response One SC blurb reads: An Exciting Breakthrough in Miniature Loudspeaker Performance. The 2000 Sigs are bigger, have the same tweeter, same binding posts and only come in veneers that cost extra in the Response Series. But here's the real testimonial: when I'm online I never look for speakers. Six years in and I'm still happy. If you're looking to join a cult you could pick a worse one.

Rockvirgo, that IS interesting.

While the Response and Studio lines seem to have greater differences, the Tablette line seems like an odd offshoot in that lower price wasn't associated with lower performance.

Hi Rubherenow,

" I'm sorry for being the odd man out here. But I must agree with Gunbei. ~ Hi Gunbei. I recall trying to obtain the Tablettes from you several years ago. I just really wanted their ebony verion of said speaker more. Which I own the Tablette Reference 8 Signature versions in Ebony by the way.
Anyways ~ As someone whom has been in Audio Retail from 82 - 1992 as a buyer for our stores. I was asked by several of the owners a the time to attend as many CES shows and the likes as possible to find interesting products for our 3 stores. I remember in 1986 hearing the ProAc Tablettes for the very first time in my entire life & must add I loved them for the things they offered vs things that they did not. The store owner were at this time die hard Linnies. So whom was I too recommend something which I truthfully believed was way more musical then the Linn Kans. Since that moment until this date, I still own a pair & have come to know more about these speakers inner most qualities then some whom have never taken the chance to research them to their fullest abilities. Yes, I too have listened to Response One & One 'SC's and I love them as well & thought that they were better then the Naim SBL's that I'd been listening to as reference. But to my ears & Heart the smaller Tablettes offered something which I found lacking in the more expensive Response One ' SC's'. At first I couldn't quite put my hands on it until of late. These things can communicate the very essence of the messages within recordings which have allowed me to better understand what these artist not only felt while doing these recordings, but also what they felt. I mean think about this statement for a moment !!!!!!!!!!!!!. Isn't the relationship one has with the artist more important then the sound of coming from said speakers in a Hi Fi 'sh manner of speaking?. I've listen to a lot of friends systems & have often come away thinking these guys have no ideal at all what music should sound like. ~ Okay ~ More bass here ~ A litle more refinement there. Yet something was always lacking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.That something is something that I've come to realize is called: " The Means To Communicate The Messages Hidden Within." These same guys upon visiting my home are quoted as saying: " Damn that sounds real !!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Who is that? ~ What's that recording? ~ Where can I find that recording? ~ If it sonds like this on your little system , I can only imagine what it's going to sound like on my bigger ........Mag...s or Mart.. Lo...s or Sou.. L..s - You know the drill . Well quess what ?????????????. It didn't sound better - only different."

Reading one of the Hi Fi+ magazines of late, and I think that Roy Gregory related his opinions of these speakers in a manner that I must again agree with. ~ Given the right Sources & Amplification Built around them. These little Mini - Monitors are very capable of relaying the truth."

Isn't that the purpose of any given speaker?.
Best Wishes to you all.

Hi El34eh,

Really did we talk about you wanting to buy my Tab 50 Sigs? When was that? Your memory is much better than mine, heheh, but you're right, they were and still are ebony! How are you liking the Tab Ref 8s? I understand they carry on the Tablette legacy very proudly.

I agree, there is something special about the Tablette line. The Tab 50 Sigs seem to convey more LIFE to me than the 1SC. I've always likened the the tab 50 Sig to a person in their late teens while the 1SC is that same person, but in their early 30s. Same person, just different priorities.

These days I'm running a pair of Response 2.5s. I plan on putting my near mint 1SCs up for sale soon, but I can't bear to part with my slightly beat up Tab 50 Sigs.

Very interesting.

ahh memories, have had ebs (no 1),tablets both first and sig (sig no 2),response 2s(no 3)and response 4 (what comes before no 1(legend)),dont know about newer stuff but loved 2.5 and enjoyed future ones,very musical stuff that led me to monster horns,monster altecs ,ls35a on my computer and bedroom
they are a real musical experience