Verity Audio Parsifal Encore
Sonus Faber Olympica lll
Gershman GAP 520-X
Gershman Avant Garde
Nola Viper ll
Best of luck in your search.
I Thought I Had My Speaker Choice Narrowed Down. Maybe Not?
I'm in the market for a set of 2 channel speakers. I thought I had it narrowed down to a few brands:
Magnepan, Spendor, Walsh, Tekton, Saulk, Egglestonworks.
I need to see if you can all help me in clarifying my decision-making process. As you can see from the Audiogoners comments below, there seems to be a lot varying opinions regarding these manufacturers.
I like the clarity of electrostats. that said, Magnepan .7 and 1.7 come up frequently:
- "I very much enjoy my pair of Maggie .7s"
- "Amazing - Maggie 1.7i ($2,200)with the Maggie Base Panel($800)"
- "I had great luck with the Magnepan 1.7i and SVS SB-16 Ultra subwoofer"
OK great, I’m going with Magnepan, but then, I went on to read:
- "Spendor A7s will better (Maggie .7s) in most regards and their price reflects that bigger soundstage, greater detail, deeper bass, sweeter midrange"
- "My Spendor are about as stealthy and transparent in this regard as my Maggie .7s"
OK, now Spendors! But wait! Should I go for D series:
- "Regarding differences between Spendor A series and D series, the D has superior tweeter (in house design LPZ, it’s fantastic), superior rear port (5th gen Formula 1 inspired) whatever that means but Spendor considers it a major upgrade over A series, and superior internal damping construction".
- "I own D7 and find them superb"
- "Spendor D7 checks most of the boxes. I got mine new for $5500 just about in your range"
Or the A series: (don't
like shrill):
- "I agree that Spendors may check all your boxes but I’d go with the A7s over the D7s if you found the KEF LS50s "shrill."
- " After home audition of both, purchased Spendor A7s; preferred over D Series"
Or maybe some Ohms?:
- "I have never owned any Ohm
Walsh speakers, too expensive, but friends own them and they are
spectacular"
Maybe not:
- "Had previously ordered Ohm Walsh 2000 Talls, but sent them back"
Of course, then’s there Tekton:
- "Tekton Moabs, they won best sound of show a few months ago"
But they are just too darn big.
I think the Salks are it! (thanks Larry):
- "The Song3 Encore's from SALK Audio would be my choice.They are $6,500 and sounded better than $50,000 speakers I heard at the RMAF."
- "I bought Salk Song3 Beat speakers this year and love them, paired with Krell amp and preamp I no longer search for upgrades. My previous speakers were Maggie’s, Kef and B&Ws"
- “For good sound and great styling, I'd take a look at Salk speakers.
Then, after all that this wrench gets thrown into it:
- “Klaus Bunge of Odyssey Audio makes a speaker, the Liquids. They are incredible, I have the Salk Song3 beat, Focal 948 Aria, Egglestonworks Emma evolution and the Liquids far better than all above"
UGH!
Of course, there
was this final word :
- “Don’t spend 5 thousand spend 2 grand on the
Kef new R 2 speakers they sound like a 5 thousand speaker”
There was one other final comment, something about if you can’t afford a
Wilson (and something else) they all sound the same anyways, but I can’t find
that anymore, possibly it was deleted?
Now I know it's all about your own equipment, ears and room, for sure, but as I can’t listen to all these speakers myself, especially in my own room with my own electronics. And I really don't want to have to 30-day in-home trial all of them as it could run into a tremendous amount of shipping and possibly re-stocking fees. So I am looking to you all for you expertise on what you may sound best with my audio equipment, which is simply:
Coda Csib integrated amp - V1 configuration: 150 Watts per channel Class AB into 8 Ohms, 300 Watts per channel Class AB into 4 Ohms, Class A ~18 Watts
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2v2SE streaming Tidal through a Roon Nucleus
Looking for something fairly efficient as I want good clear sound without having to crank it up too loud and good bass sidestepping the call for subwoofer.
I’m sorry. I am moving soon, so I cannot provide any room dimensions yet
but and I will treat room acoustics accordingly once there.
Thank you!