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Speaker polyamory -- or, stories about getting a second set to alternate with your primary

So many threads out there are about chasing the ultimate speaker -- or getting rid of speakers to try something new.

Here, I am looking for different stories. 

If this applies to you, tell me about a time you had a certain kind of speaker and decided to get a second set to swap in. Maybe you had stand mounts and you wanted to swap in towers....maybe you had box speakers and wanted electrostats...maybe it was because you were super curious about a different brand...

Curious about your second, swap in speaker set...and why.

And, if you eventually fell out of love with the first pair and divorced them...feel free to confess to that, too.

Stay cool!

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nonoise
10,885 posts
 

I can't afford a mistress. It was bad enough when I had a pair laying around but to be torn between two speakers, feeling like a fool,....

All the best,
Nonoise

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melbay
43 posts
 

I have Klipsch Fortes (First Generation),Recently upgraded. Just purchased a pair of Fritz Carbon 7 MK2. My room is dedicated and well treated, After an hour or so of the Klipsch I switch to the Fritz.

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hilde45 OP
4,974 posts
 

I imagine that having alternate amps is a given for folks, here, eh? Especially if you have tube amps? You have a SS as an alternate?

smatsui
167 posts
 

I have Harbeth M40.1 speakers in my main floor system.  In the basement system, I switch between Klipsch Cornwall IVs and Sterling Broadcast LS3/6 mounted on Skylan stands.  I'm thinking of getting a pair of Magnepans 3.7 for a 3rd speaker in the basement.

musicaddict
370 posts
 

Lest folks get the wrong impression, I do love the idea of having a variety of loudspeakers to listen to, and I do set up other speaker sets in my main listening room at times for fun.    I still enjoy the ML SL3s, NHT 2.5is, and Elac Debut F5.2s.

Give me $20k and I'd load the room, Magneplanars for sure, probably Golden Ear, and other stand-mounts or floor-standers. I totally get the 'variety'.

For me, none of my five old, very old (29yrs avg), motorcycles stands out; all are fun though.

In speakers, nothing I own holds a candle to my current mains and I don't have near enough money to try another sound and get close to what they do in ALL areas of musical presentation.    But for fun, I'd love more, just to goof off.

 

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