What Speakers Do Audio Insiders Own?


I'd be very interested in learning what speakers professional musicians, recording engineers, and other "insiders" own in their personal audio systems, which they paid for themselves. Any "inside" information?
steinway57
Well, reading most any audio magazine (ie, stereophile, the absolute sound, etc...) will let you know what reviewers own themselves. But, most often than not, the reviews own very high end gear. So unless you are shopping in that arena, it may not do you any good.

I think the same holds true with Musicians. I know that Henry Rollins has quite the setup, although I'm not sure what it consists of. Also, Fabio used to have Martin Logan Statement E2's with Krell as the front end.
I think that you'll find that most musicians have pretty crappy systems. So I wouldn't put too much stock in what they're listening to personally. That being said there are some lines of pro speakers that cross over into home audio that are excellent, such as ATC and PMC. AS always though, whenever possible use your own ears. Happy listening!
Stereophile occasionally visits with musicians and producers, and it seems that many of them have boom boxes, don't pay a lot of attention to home audio. But Tony Levin was intereviewed in 2001, not too long after he bought an all Linn system. He was very happy with it.