good thread, the following is what I have auditioned at length and owned. My budget is'nt as rich as some of the posts.
Owned: Quad 57
Monitor Audio MA8
Dynaudio Audience 50(great value and sound)
Living Voice Auditorium (not great)
Living Voice Avatar(very good indeed , but a tad
polite)
Acoustic Zen Adagio
The Quad 57 was really a great speaker the wife could'nt cope with them. The new Adagios are exceptional, dynamic, detailed, but not fatiguing music not HiFi as so many speakers are.
Heard at length
Avalon Eidolon (probably best I have heard, again
music not HiFi)
B and W 800 series most ( fatiguing HiFi sound)
Art Emotion (very nice indeed, but expensive)
zu Druid ( very quick but not fatiguing, I could l
could live with them)
Wilson Disvovery (Nice but expensive ugly)
Tannoy Kensington(wonderful but impractically
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Green Mountain Calypso ( intriguing and nice
balanced sound)
At the moment I would strongly recommend the Acoustic Zen Adagios, look great and a VERY nice sound
Owned: Quad 57
Monitor Audio MA8
Dynaudio Audience 50(great value and sound)
Living Voice Auditorium (not great)
Living Voice Avatar(very good indeed , but a tad
polite)
Acoustic Zen Adagio
The Quad 57 was really a great speaker the wife could'nt cope with them. The new Adagios are exceptional, dynamic, detailed, but not fatiguing music not HiFi as so many speakers are.
Heard at length
Avalon Eidolon (probably best I have heard, again
music not HiFi)
B and W 800 series most ( fatiguing HiFi sound)
Art Emotion (very nice indeed, but expensive)
zu Druid ( very quick but not fatiguing, I could l
could live with them)
Wilson Disvovery (Nice but expensive ugly)
Tannoy Kensington(wonderful but impractically
large0
Green Mountain Calypso ( intriguing and nice
balanced sound)
At the moment I would strongly recommend the Acoustic Zen Adagios, look great and a VERY nice sound