Consider KEF Blade II loudspeakers with VAC amplification (at any price level).......remarkably natural sound and soundstage! .....near totally removed from the loudspeakers. Some great suggestions above as well. If you prefer a solid state amplifier, Clayton Audio matched with a VAC mk5 Preamplifier is a very close second with the Blade II. Enjoy!
In search for speakers of "natural" sound
Hello,
I am using a pair of Harbeth speakers. However, I am not satisfied with the 'naturalness' of the sound (it could be that I am so demanding). I am looking for a pair of speakers that can produce the more natural and organic sound than Harbeth if there is any.
I know that it depends on the amp, cables, and other variables. However, let's assume that with the appropriate gears, which speakers do you think can produce the "most natural sound"? By "natural", I mean the sound that we hear directly from musical instruments, from the singer without going through any amplification.
There is a user mentioning that speakers from the past used that 'natural sound' as a reference when designed speakers. In contrast, the sound today (even the hi-end one) is to "hi-fi". He guessed it could be less people have chance to listen to live / acoustic music than before.
Is it right?
Thank you for your experience and recommendation!
Best,
Huy.
P.S: I know that my questions are silly and dumb, please bear with me.
I am using a pair of Harbeth speakers. However, I am not satisfied with the 'naturalness' of the sound (it could be that I am so demanding). I am looking for a pair of speakers that can produce the more natural and organic sound than Harbeth if there is any.
I know that it depends on the amp, cables, and other variables. However, let's assume that with the appropriate gears, which speakers do you think can produce the "most natural sound"? By "natural", I mean the sound that we hear directly from musical instruments, from the singer without going through any amplification.
There is a user mentioning that speakers from the past used that 'natural sound' as a reference when designed speakers. In contrast, the sound today (even the hi-end one) is to "hi-fi". He guessed it could be less people have chance to listen to live / acoustic music than before.
Is it right?
Thank you for your experience and recommendation!
Best,
Huy.
P.S: I know that my questions are silly and dumb, please bear with me.
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@quanghuy147 this is may be of interest https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-brief-review-of-15-high-end-speakers-on-home-demo-including... If if you are in the UK please get in touch for a demo. What is your system? |
Tough question to answer when you omit the primary style of music you listen to, info on your romm size and treatments if any and your other components and of course your budget. All of this info is required to be able to properly recommend a pair of speakers, As mentioned above your present speakers are from a highly respected company known for producing a natural sound. For this reason I suspect your room and / or other components are in need of examination prior to the speakers. This is assuming you are looking to improve your systems sound. If you are just exploring other peoples idea of what they think a natural sounding speaker is in a general context then this info isn't required. |
For naturalness you need a very dynamic and unforgiving speaker. Preferably a pro studio monitor, active or passive. Great suggestions would be ATC, Westlake, Quested, PSI, Unity the Boulder, Barefoot, dual centric Tannoy and many more. Westlake is a "new" favourite of mine. Note - with these your bad recordings will sound bad and the good will sound good sometimes fantastic. They will not all sound mediocre as with most HIFI home speakers. Your Harbeth should be ok although being a home speaker. I found it a bit uninspiring. Harbeth also have studio versions. Don't know if they are different. If you with natural sound means concert sound, then visit a live venue. I don't want that sound in my home because it's very seldom enjoyable. You don't go to a concet for the sound. Maybe Roger Waters... Not sure about the open baffle suggestions. Can't think of a speaker technology that interacts more with the room. But would like to try in the future. Also, as someone already pointed out, try to find the good recordings and skip the bad. Discover new artists that really try to also present a fine sound. There are lots of them. Also the same artist may hav a big spread between good and bad recordings. Sometimes on the same cd. Listening to John Fogerty when writing this and he is a good example. Tidal is great for this. Just my ideas and Good luck! |
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