If you don’t plan to have a ton of space behind them, consider front ported speakers. Elac UBR62 might be a pair to consider. I thought them to be very good for the money. They were Andrew Jones’ last speaker designs for ELAC prior to making the speakers he just released for MoFi.
Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma
Hello all. I posted this earlier under the title Book Shelf Dilemma. Thank you to the many who replied with excellent advice and suggestions. Some responders asked about the room dimensions and as I investigated the suggested speakers I concluded that the room dimensions and furniture set up may be important to consider. So, I am reposting with a schematic of the room which shows the Bay Windows and furniture as well as a note that the insulation between my apartment and the unit below is marginal. I make this point with the understanding that a Sub Woofer may be good to include.
Note: I want to position the speakers along the Bay Window facing back into the apartment and dining/kitchen area. Most of my listening is done from this area.
Budget - $1000.00 (with stands would be a bonus)
Amplifier - McCormack DNA 0.5
Pre - McCormack ALD-1
Source - Cambridge 851N - Spotify Premium
Music preferences - fairly eclectic
Jazz (Bony James, Lee Ritenour, Paul Harris, Bob James)
Female Vocals (Eva Cassidy, Duffy, Sarah Jarosz, Nadine Anderson)
1980’s Rock (Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Dave Mason)
Thank you all for your suggestions and advice1
Ray
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@blisshifi I have been wondering about Elac for a while, I am considering a subwoofer from them. I have been put off by their unusual "price spacing" couldn't decide where good quality and value begins... |
@grislybutter One of my best friends bought a pair of their subs to fill in where his single driver high efficiency speakers were incapable of and seems to be happy with them, but I can’t say he’s experienced with sub integration. He also lives thousands of miles away, so I haven’t had the opportunity to listen to his system since he bought them. I would never classify Elac as endgame, but the UBR62 I owned were a lot of fun for bookshelves. I especially liked the larger woofer and how the midrange and tweeter were a dual concentric design. I appreciated the tonal balance of the speaker more than anything. It was easy to feel engaged by them, and they dug quite low in the bass considering their small footprint. I replaced them with Scansonic MB-1B as I became a Scansonic dealer. The Scansonic’s tweeter enables the speaker to deliver much more clarity than the Elac ever did, but they don’t have the density or lower tonal center the Elac did. I’d say the UBR62 are good for their money, but they’re not giant killers, and I have a feeling the same could be said for most of the Elac line. |
@blisshifi thank you! You have a beautiful system. I will definitely take a listen to Elac speakers. |
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