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Just moved to an apartment need speaker suggestions

my better half and I just moved into an apartment need speaker suggestions, current speakers are Magnepan 1.6qr with Rythmik f15hp subs x2, need something as engaging as the Maggies but able to play softly, will be driven by a Classe CAP 2100 integrated.  thanks in advance.
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hazyj
90 posts
 
As a fellow Magnepanatic, I want to emphasize advice from larryi who wrote " If you have the room to allow the Maggies to be placed correctly (well away from the wall behind the speaker), it would be a very good apartment speaker".

I will go further and say all my experiments where my Maggie 1.7s were NOT " well away from the wall behind the speaker" failed and had me immediately disconnecting and re-connecting my other speakers.

For some people "well away from the wall behind" will mean more than 5 feet. In my case it was never less than 10. Am not speaking for others, but 5 and 10 was the difference between hoping I'll get used to an imprecise (yet tonally wonderful and fairly deep) image, and hearing exactly the deep and precise soundstage that makes me happiest.
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mapman
22,609 posts
 
Getting speakers that can be set up properly for best sound matters most even in an apartment. 
larryi
4,187 posts
 
Mapman makes a very good point.  Use a platform that is designed to absorb vibrations and turn that energy into heat.  Avoid carpet piercing sharp-pointed feet that couple the speaker to the floor.  This causes the floor, particularly if it is a suspended wood floor, to become a giant sounding board.

I also like the suggestion for trying an LS3/5a speaker.  There are several current models, by different manufacturers that try to get a very similar sound to that old BBC classic design.  I have not heard these so I don't know how well they manage to copy that sound.  Not too long ago, I heard an original Rogers 15 ohm version and it sounded really good; it would make an excellent apartment speaker, although, ideally, it would not be place too close to the back wall.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Used Magico S1 would work great.

davidbeagrace
12 posts
 
You should probably check out the Totem Arros. Tiny towers that still sound very good with near wall placement.
David

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