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Narrowed speaker selection down to 5 choices

I like all kinds of music. My new room is 13.5x21x9. My amp is Spectron Mus. III SE MK2 w/ all MIT cabling. Speakers are: PBN EPX, Thiel 3.7, Revel studio 2, Dynaudio Contour S5.4, and Focal 1037BE. Speaker will be on short(13.5") wall. Speaker must excell in imaging,resolution,midrange presence,dynamics,tight articulate bass(no muddy midrange,or bloat),and full freq. range. I now have Dali Helicon 400 MK 2. I love the Dali's imaging but, I can't get past a little midrange glare. Tried speaker cables,amps,room postioning,etc. Nothing seems to tame this speakers voicing in this room. Now my old room was 23x28x14 and the Dalis sang in that room. I had more weight and and bass in the larger older room. I would have never guessed that the Dali's would be leaner in the newer smaller room. Help, Opiions needed. If you can think of other speakers in the 5K to 8K range that may work for me then let me have it.
philefreak
newbee
4,767 posts
 
Yep - Silverline Boleros. At least they float my boat. I have them in a 19.5x13.5x9 room on the short wall. I drive them with all tube systems. Great resolution of detail with out any glare or brightness. Maybe a small BBC dip in the mid-range adds to warmth a bit. Retail is above your range but they are available for less. My 'last' speakers. I think John Potis' review on 6moons is a fair description. A great solution to high end angst for folks who just want to listen to the music I think.
bondmanp
1,816 posts
 
I second Newbee's opinion. The Boleros, which I heard once at a HE show in NYC, have stuck in my mind, along with Roman Audio Centurians, as the most musical, listenable speaker I've heard. Perhaps not dead-on neutral, but breathtaking. My dream speaker in the under $20K category. Good luck getting an audition unless you live near the CA home of Silverline, though. Very few authorized dealers, and not all of those have Boleros on display.
rtn1
535 posts
 
I would continue to focus upon different cables. Notable cables with a warm midrange are reputed to be Jade Audio, Gabriel Gold, Purist, Kubula. I'm sure there are dozens of others.

Which ones have you tried?

For bass and weight response, think power cords.
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
very nice list. love the thiels and the revels. i would add sophia's to that list as they seem to be a similar sounding speaker to what you are looking at and can be purchased in that range.
mine would be a battle to the death between sophia's and revel's with the revel's most likely winning. they just do everything damn near perfect (for me)...
missioncoonery
1,223 posts
 
IMO given your short list I would lean toward the Focals or the Revels.Never liked Theil at all,know nothing about PBN,pass on Dynaudio unless you step-up to the Confidence line then your talkin.....and would definately add the Sophia 2 to the list(big mistake if you dont listen to them before a purchase)
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