PSB Stratus Mini's

You never gave us a price range.....you will always find something better if you keep raising the budget higher

I own 4 pairs of monitors currently, and still keep a pair of PSB Stratus Minis around. I find them to be very nuetral sounding with very good detail and soundstaging abilities, good all around performers at the under $500 used price they can be purchased for here. You can find dozens of professional reviews from 10 years ago for the Stratus Minis all very favorable.

If your budget is $500-1,000 used my Von Schweikert VR1 is faster more detailed sound which may appeal to some tastes, but in some systems may have too much treble energy.

My GMA Europa and Tyler Taylo Reference have smoother richer sound and represent outstanding overall performance in all catagories, sound great with all types of music even avarage rock recordings, but also will cost more used than Stratus Mini especially the Taylo.......GMA Europa sometimes are seen used for @$700 I believe.

Megasam,

Right now I am looking at two possible scenarios. First off, I may use my B&K ST 202 for several more months in a rather small listening area and I am trying to find a good sounding monitor that would match. Secondly, I am also considering either a Krell KAV 300i or Class Cap-100 in that same listening area. I live in a loft apartment with limited room. I am currently using a pair of PSB Image B25's and while they sound decent, they tend to be "boomy" with the older B&K Amp really fleshing out their weaknesses. I have another question. Several people have told me that they find the B&K Amp to be slow. It doesn't appear that way to me. My budget right now would be $1500 right now for a used Integrated and monitors. There are so many good speaakers in this range making ot hard to decide. I also like the Revel M20's. I wonder how they would sound with B&K.

Is that BK ST202 amp a mosfet design?
That goes way back and testing my long term memory, but was very popular line of reasonably priced SS gear 10-15 years ago.

If you want speaker with extended treble energy, fast detailed with great presence the Von Schweikert VR1 should be considered. I have read that Revel M20 has similar sound but used price is still pretty high I believe.

Of course if you are getting new integrated amp no telling what synergy will be........safe choice that is easy to system match many systems and sounds very good with almost any music is the Green Mountain Audio Europa monitor....

I have a pair and think they are excellent speakers. They have been well reviewed over the years.They image well, have great bass for their size, and have excellent highs without being bright. Same tweeter as the Stratus gold. (3/4" instead of 1"). Sensitivity is 86db so need some watts. I'm a PSB fan but think they are great speakers.
John Dean

Megasam
I believe the B&K ST 202+ is a mosfet design and it does sound very nice. I am using PSB Image B25's and there is plenty of headroom thats for sure. When I turn the amp up to 9 O'clock or so it lights up my apartment. Jazz and acid jazz recordings sound very crisp and transparent. I just want to move on to some new equipment. I am trying to sell the units as you can see from my other thread. There are so many speakers out there. I had the list narrowed down to 2-3 but now there is perhaps ten. I have always been a PSB Fan and the Stratus Mini still interests me. I suppose sound is subjective and alot of it also depends on acoustics, atmosphere whatever. From what I am hearing, the Krell KAV 300i would sound good with just about any speaker. It may be a good match for the Stratus Mini's. I am going through a seperation so money is more of an issue this year. If I could get a used Krell, decent monitors and a reasonable CD/DVD source I would be happy. $1700 has to get it done.