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Hi, I'm building my first set up and need some help deciding on a set of speakers, I don' have a ton of money to spend but I've narrowed it down to some speakers that are in a sale deal so I can get the best ones I can. The main input will be vinyl from a pro-ject debut carbon evo and the amp will probably either be a marantz pm6007 or yamaha As501 depending on the speaker. The options I have: KEF Q550, Q Acoustics 3050i, Fyne Audio F303, Yamaha NS-F350, Wharfedale Diamond 12.4, Dali Oberon 5, Bowers & Wilkins 603 and Monitor Audio 200 or 500.
The website does say I can enquire about others to see if they would do a deal for them, they have many options like KEF 750, Dali Opticon 5,Elac Debut F6.2, Monitor Audio Silver 6, Kudos x2 and Mission QX4 - I dont know if they would allow any of these but I can always ask.
Music wise I tend to listen to indie/rock/metal but also a bit of everything from across the board, good bass is important but I can always add a subwoofer in the future. I know the best thing to do would be to listen in person but with full lockdown due to Covid I cant.
I think thats all the information I can give, I know I've listed quite a lot of speakers but it's my first try I want to do it well, thanks in advance for your thoughts.
oliverben5672
oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
OP Get it down to 2 or 3 by reading first and then listening, if you can..

Come up with a budget too, that does really help.. BASS is bass, Sub is Sub.. I would want GREAT bass response from 40hz and up, and the ability to split the bass when I add a sub (s). You can LOOSE the onboard monitor bass and put it where it is suppose to be and or CUT the lower 30-60 hz range and use them for MB only. NONE is better.. Vibration is vibration..Just fruit for thought in over all selection..

Regards
oliverben5672 OP
20 posts
 
Fair enough, I'll continue with the research and try to cut it down a bit, still if anyone has any experience with the listed or similar speakers I'm interested in what you think of them

mofojo
2,269 posts
 
Are you dead set on buying new? With a 1k to 1.5k budget I think you may be able to step up a tier or 2 buying used. 
oliverben5672 OP
20 posts
 
I have looked into this but I dont have 1-1.5k just for speakers. This deal/sale I can get them from is an amp + speaker bundle and saves £100s overall as well as some free good quality speaker cable and 5 year warranty. As an example the Dali Oberon 5 and Marantz PM6007 come together for something like £850, as opposed to £700 + £500 separately. I believe this is the best way to make my money go as far as it can.
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