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Best high end monitors?

I'm considering monitors for a 2 channel setup (to be paired with a couple subs - probably JL Audio Fathom 113's).

Looking for suggestions on brands/models to consider. I listen to all kinds of music, but mostly rock and jazz. I'm looking for large soundstage, detailed with with meat on the bones.

I don't have a set budget, but wouldn't go as high as Magico Minis or anything crazy.

Thanks in advance.
madfloyd
cruz123
586 posts
 
You should probably try the Ushers to satisfy your curiosity. Also, i would add the new Tyler Decade 3 and Decade 4 monitors to your list. I would normally recommend the Merlin TSM's, but I'm not sure they would be the best choice with your amp.
jp1208
502 posts
 
Cruz, why would the Tyler's work but the Merlin's may not?
Have you heard both in your system? I am looking at Tyler Decade D3's but I have not seen any review or posts about them until now. All I know is that the new Tyler is supposed to be much more transparent than the older design. Not as warm sounding. Thanks.
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samzx12
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Jp1208 I am not sure I agree with your statement about Ty's new line being more transparent. Ty seems to think it is a litte warmer. Maybe a tad but not much.
springbok10
711 posts
 
Mark-Daniel Maximus Monitors. Provided you feed them plenty of power.
jp1208
502 posts
 
Samzx12, I am in the same boat as Madfloyd. We both have JLA F113's and are looking for that transparent monitor with bite or meat on the bones. Midrange must be full and balanced and the top end airy with nice extended sparkle. Too warm or polite at least for me is not going to work. From what I have read now it seems the older Tylers were already on the warmer side of nuetral. I am not sure what has changed now except that the new line may have even more warmth to them. However, I just read the review on the Tyler D2 and it reads the opposite of being warmer. It actually reads more like what I would want. The D3 being a monitor should only give in to the low end but could image better and have a slight edge on extension. Not always though. I will be watching for more reviews on this new Tyler line. Just to clarify, transparency and brightness are two completely different musical adjectives to me. I am not sure if you thought I was implying transparency was the same as brightness because I wasn't at all. Now if Ty added more refinement to where the sound grows bigger in all directions then of course the speaker is going to disappear that much more. The only way I know to do this is to start going flatter not fatter.
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