Mobile Fidelity - SourcePoint 10 Bookshelf impressions?


I am having trouble getting the search function to work for me on this, but I am wondering if there are any owner/operators (or anyone else with experience) of the Mobile Fidelity SourcePoint 10s who could share their thoughts and impressions of these speakers?

I am now (and probably for the forseeable future) listening in a small room and my present speakers (a pair of B&W 805 Matrixes that I have owned going on 30 years) and I are positioned in an almost eqilateral triangle with the center of the tweeters 54" apart and approximately that distance from tweeter to ears. The front of the tweeters are 34" from the rear wall. I realize that this is not an ideal acoustic environment, but it is what it is and it is and I was curious as to how the Mobile Fidelity SourcePoint 10s would work in that environment. Generally I listen to recordings of smaller presentations (jazz or folky stuff) and a lot of them feature female vocalists; however, occasionally I rock out with something.

My amplifier is a Cary V-12 (EL34 based) which is switchable between 50 wpc of triode to 100 wpc of ultralinear and I almost always run it in the triode mode. It is behind a Cary SLP-05 with a Maranzt SA10 in front of that, which is my only source.

I am curious and somewhat skeptical of the 10" concentric driver, but that is probably because I do not like new things, and that concept is new to me.

I do note that MD has a pair of open boxes for sale and it appears as if the stands would run about another $500.

Thank you and I appreciate any thoughts about this.

immatthewj

Here, just get these.  They’ll blow your old 805s outta the water on every level, and I think they’re returnable from this seller if I’m wrong.  

https://tmraudio.com/speakers/bookshelf-speakers-monitors/joseph-audio-prism-bookshelf-speakers-black-pair-2/

Best of luck.

@ozzy62  , yes, MD was pushing them pretty hard for a while, but it's been some time since I have got an email from them about those speakers being part of some kind of sale.

@soix  , thanks.  Do you have personal experience with those speakers?  They are definitely within the range I could spend. 

 

I am curious and somewhat skeptical of the 10" concentric driver, but that is probably because I do not like new things, and that concept is new to me.

I do note that MD has a pair of open boxes for sale and it appears as if the stands would run about another $500. Thank you and I appreciate any thoughts about this.

750 off for a openbox is not a bad deal and musicdirect has a 60 day SG return policy.  If you don't like it, you can return/get your cash back.

750 off for a openbox is not a bad deal and musicdirect has a 60 day SG return policy.  If you don't like it, you can return/get your cash back.

@deep_333  , I was thinking along those lines also.

 

I’ve heard both the SourcePoint 10 and 8 at audio shows and they sounded great. Seemed transparent and easy to drive.  Many positive reviews.  I’m a big fan of speaker designer guru Andrew Jones who has an impressive resume.  I don’t need, but I’m planning on purchasing the SourcePoint 10.