Full circle and thinking about speakers
LSA speakers garnered many VERY positive reviews from professional reviewers - try Googling "LSA speaker reviews". The LSA 20 Signature is on sale for $2.3k here: https://www.underwoodhifi.com/products/lsa-speakers which is very inexpensive for the high sonic quality. I believe it’s a fantastic bargain. |
@realworldaudio I'm amazed at everyone's advise including millercarbon. He understands something and I'm here to learn so I appreciate it all. @kennyc. Thanks I'll look them up. As I stated in my last post, I need to acoustically clean up my space - first order priority. That said there are a pair of Totem Hawks and a pair of Spendor's available locally that I'm interested in hearing....maybe this weekend? Any advice on either is welcome |
I like this topic as I too live in a condo and trying to get the sound dialed in has been an issue. When I owned a home, I had a dedicated listening room that was fairly treated, and I was running Magnepan 1.7 powered by a McIntosh MC2600 and C220 pre and the sound from the Maggie’s were just stellar, especially for a speaker that was just a tad over 2k. Like others have posted, to get the most out of the Maggie’s, I had them five feet away from the back walls and about four feet from the side walls. It was a wonderful system. Divorce happened and I ended up moving into a high rise condo, so I had to figure out what to do as far as speakers and placement as I do not have the room for speakers to be far away from the back walls, plus my space is open, high ceilings and complete glass on one side. In my time in my condo, I’ve been through two changes of gear, as well as 5 different sets of speakers. My first were vintage B&W 803 Matrix and they sounded great, but they seemed a tad much for my space, especially having to worry about neighbors so I decided to go with stand mount speaker’s. I’ve had Monitor Audio Gold, B&W CM6’s, B&W 705’s and finally to my current speakers being a pair of pre owned early 2000’s B&W 805’s. The 805’s have seemed to be the best with my current integrated McIntosh MA352. I also wanted a system that could be listened to a lover levels and still enjoy great sound, and that is what I’ve found in good bookshelf speakers. The only thing lacking is deep bass, but like others suggested, I ended up buying a small B&W sub, and while it took a lot of tweaking, I have found that I’m very happy where I’ve ended up with a pretty balanced system. I wish you luck in whatever you end up with as far as speakers and getting them to work well in your environment. Btw on the 2k price, there is a lot of choices for stand mount, especially used. My current 805’s I picked up for just under 2k and the detail and soundstage are excellent. |
Speakers are such an extremely personal choice. However, I own a Rogue Cronus II, and have had JM Labs (Focal), B&W 705 S2, Sonus Faber Venere 2.5’s, and now Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s. All I can tell you is the Rogue matches extremely well with Sonus Faber speakers. At least worth consideration from experience. Best of luck! |
