There's scads of 'different' out there. Esthetically, sonically, designs, and expensively or value oriented. Great value speakers usually get some pall cast upon them as being not quite great. That's untrue.
Some of the most engaging systems I've yet heard had moderately priced speakers doing the job. In fact I bought just such speakers as I heard on that system... only to find out later it wasn't the speakers that made the sound the way it was... it was the components in front of the speakers.... not JUST the speakers themselves.
I bought those speakers because they were capable of producing great sound. Their trouble was the components needed to get them onto that level however was quite the expensive task. I did manage to do it as well ultimately.
Consequently now, I look for speakers which can excel on several levels and have lesser needs for uberexpensive gear to run them into sonic bliss. Thats one tuff nut to crack Ive found out personally.
I've since also found that one can go a couple different ways with the sonic depiction... a thoroughly musical and without regard to resolution and detailed presentation, or the route of accuracy and imaging being the mainstays with musicality coming in second place more often than not, or try achieveing them both simultaneously. Some of which may or may not produce sufficient volume and/or impact.
Exceptionally rendered music information AND great imaging as the result of resolution and detail is the more monied path. Naturally the setup is quite key. Finding those squeakers which can satisfy, cause aint that what its all about anyways, which do not have the top flight gear pushing them are the more attractive speakers to me these days. For what good is it to have great speakers that absolutely demand outstanding front ends to be at their very best if procuring that front end is beyond my own means??
The PSB dealership an hours drive or so away from me uses Marantz 200wpc stereo SS gear to present them with with cabling Ive not ever heard of with an arcam CDP, and I think, no PLC. I can or could bring whatever of my own to run them with, I was told. Im thinking the Marantz gear should do well enough for a look see.
Lastly, and just for my own concerns, I feel the Sync Ones arent going to be for me due only to their power needs. Im headed for less powered tube gear down the road and their impedance curves indicate the need for more power than I might wind up having on hand then. I do feel theyre a very solid choice however for the majority of audio nuts who live in the SS powered or many watts tube camp. If I had a quality SS or tube amp kicking out 200wpc or close to it, Id have no problems buying them in the blind IF their price was right, and I wasnt able to preview them easily enough and of course, wanted new squeakers. When every mag, online or not says about the same things of a certain product in general, its usually a safe bet that product is going to be pretty good
or so my own exp has proven.
Good luck next year
or sooner.
