Kentrent,
I’ll do my best to give my perspective. Of course, speakers are very much a personal thing, we have different ears, and may listen to different kinds of music on different equipment in different rooms.
I listen mostly to classical music. As I mentioned before. i was drawn to the Ref 5s for the imaging and soundstage. Set up properly, the sound seems to come from behind and around the speakers, providing a pretty realistic concert hall effect. I like the uni-q tweeters which, to me, capture the sound of instruments...especially string instruments... very convincingly. The bass is well integrated and not obtrusive but it’s definitely there. My speakers are white and they’re beautiful looking and well finihed. As for cons, I already mentioned the long break in time. Setup and positioning are critical and finding the optimum placement, toe in, etc. can be time consuming. You need comparable quality associated equipment.
There are literally dozens of competing speakers and I can’t choose for you. It would be great if you have a dealer where you can audition them (and even greater if you could negotiate a return/exchange privilege if, in the worst case, you don’t like them. I’m not sure how else to help. Good luck. I hope you’re happy with your choice and will post your experience here.
I’ll do my best to give my perspective. Of course, speakers are very much a personal thing, we have different ears, and may listen to different kinds of music on different equipment in different rooms.
I listen mostly to classical music. As I mentioned before. i was drawn to the Ref 5s for the imaging and soundstage. Set up properly, the sound seems to come from behind and around the speakers, providing a pretty realistic concert hall effect. I like the uni-q tweeters which, to me, capture the sound of instruments...especially string instruments... very convincingly. The bass is well integrated and not obtrusive but it’s definitely there. My speakers are white and they’re beautiful looking and well finihed. As for cons, I already mentioned the long break in time. Setup and positioning are critical and finding the optimum placement, toe in, etc. can be time consuming. You need comparable quality associated equipment.
There are literally dozens of competing speakers and I can’t choose for you. It would be great if you have a dealer where you can audition them (and even greater if you could negotiate a return/exchange privilege if, in the worst case, you don’t like them. I’m not sure how else to help. Good luck. I hope you’re happy with your choice and will post your experience here.