Hear your music like never before...RBH SV-831R and SV-1212PR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3fSqtqRUs&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3fSqtqRUs&t
Intimate, warm and holographic alternative
Hear your music like never before...RBH SV-831R and SV-1212PR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3fSqtqRUs&t |
From the speakers you have listed I'm guessing your budget is at least 20k? Anyway my Pioneer S-1EX (TAD) has exactly the sound profile you are describing. Warm but can still rock and sounds great and loses nothing at low volume. I heard them described in one of the forums as Sonus Faber with balls. I would agree with that. |
MBL’s can’t hold a candle to a "proper ESL"?. Really. I have no idea what "proper" means but I have owned the Acoustic 1 + 1, and four different ML models including the Summit over some 30 years. My last "large" speaker was the MBL 116. No contest compared to the Summit. Much more holographic and dimensional. As for Sanders, great speaker if you want the proverbial single listener / one head / sweet spot in a vice. In the end, there is no right answer to what’s best. It’s entirely subjective and based on ones personal bias and system synergy. |
@rooze When I was in the biz, Bobby P (Merlin) and Judd Barber (Joule Electra) who was well known for his high quality, excellent sounding kit often shared a room together. I got to know Judd quite well. At one show Judd asked me what I thought of Merlin speakers. There must have been a reason for asking. My response was they never sounded good to me |
Find a speaker you love (BS, floor, stand). Give it a good run through with your favorite tracks. Then get a Rel subwoofer, spend a little time blending it in. You will get the best mid-bass and low bass. If you have high pass options on your main amps, this will relieve the smaller speaker, and let its mids shine.YMMV. |