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Speaker Preferences?

Sorry to start yet another of these "Which speaker is best" threads but I'm curious how astute AudioGon members rate the following speakers. My room is mid-sized (14 x 20 x 9) and my system is all very high-quality stuff. I listen mostly to rock music at not-quite-obnoxious levels.

Here's what I'm looking at in the under $7000 range:

- Martin Logan Vantage
- Acoustic Zen Adagio
- Revel Salon Studio (used)
- Wilson Sophia (used)

Please comment only if you've actually spent serious listening time with at least two of these speakers.

Thanks!
meagan02
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
a badly set up electrostatic speaker is usually better than most cone designs, properly set up.

i heard a mg 20, poorly set up at the golden nugget in a small room. as bad as the acoustical environment was, what i heard was superior to any cone design i auditioned before and after hearing the magnepans.

most cone designs give an unsatisfying presentation of instrumental timbre. the best you can do with them is select classic tube gear to cover up the faults of these speakers.

panels rule, don't be a cone fool !
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shadorne
7,477 posts
 
panels rule, don't be a cone fool !

Well I can't fault you on your preference for the famous Quad EL sound but I know of the odd speaker that can comes close to matching the quad in the mid range (not better) and have great bass and dynamics too...
jkalman
298 posts
 
panels rule, don't be a cone fool !

You mean a "cone head?"
joey_v
668 posts
 
I don't think cone head rhymes with "rule".... :).
jkalman
298 posts
 
The meter/rhythm is too off to make that rhyme work. Take it from someone who studied poetry and poetic form.

"Because Panels Rule, and Cones are for fools," works better.

Or, "Panels Rule, Cones drool..."
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