I’m located in Lockport,IL if you want to demo the Revel f328be and a buddy nearby with f328s and f228s. Just shoot me a message 👍. I used to have Monitor Audio Silver 10s 5g.
Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget
Hello,
I'am new to the site and enjoying it very much so far.
I posted in the amplifier section looking to upgrade my modest 25 year old system.
I now have a Auralic Vega g1 into a MacIntosh mx110 tuner/preamp into a Adcom gfa545 (100 per chnl) power amp,then out to a pair of Polk monitor 10 speakers.I also have a Rega p6 on the way for my turntable needs.I think it has a exact cartridge.
I 'am trying to decide which speakers and amplifier I want to get to finish this portion of my upgrade.
To start my room is 20x13 and currently have my system on the right 20ft wall ,and move the speakers out from the wall when listening.
I can put them at the end of the long wall facing me if I want,and do sometimes.
I have a 6,000-10,000 budget for the amp and speakers,but would like to spend less if possible.
I do not have any personal experience with most of the brands of speakers I hear talked about here,but I have bought many guitar amplifiers by listening to YouTube videos and I will probably do the same for my home speakers.
The speakers I have in person experience with that I like are Klipsch chorus 2,JBl Jubal's and L100'sand Thiel's(not sure what model).and some old DCM Time Windows.
The one's that I really like from watching YouTube are Sonus Faber,Wharfedale,Tannoy,some of the B&W's.
I listen to about 40%classic rock,and about 40% pop,soul,blues,with the last 20% jazz classical and misc.
I really need my speakers to be able to rock at a pretty good volume,I know the Klipsch's would probably do that,but also would like them to sound great for pop,soul,and acoustic stuff.I really like bluegrass and Celtic acoustic music.
I need some help to narrow down my choices in the 3-5000 range for those genres.
I'am not opposed to speakers on stands or tower speakers,or needing a subwoofer to achieve the goal.
It seems to me a lot of the high end speakers have a over accentuated treble,but this just could be my background of blues rock music.I just want cymbals to sound like cymbals not a sizzle sound.
I think if I can find a amplifier I like for less I could spend more on the speakers.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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If the used market in the area is anything like the SF Bay area I'd take the time to explore it. Gear at this level has been well treated generally and an in home listen beats a showroom imo. There are some outstanding deals from folks just looking to move on. Also of course the bigger speakers become problematic to ship so local buyers have a little leverage. |
curt_dThanks for the offer. I have been checking out the Revel's this morning. I really like the F226BE for the price.I;am trying to stay around 5,000 What advantage do the 328's have over them?
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guscreekThat is what I would like to do. I'am looking at a pair of Elac FS249 BE that were 8,000 new. They are asking 2,800 now.
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without the luxury of brick amd mortar, I’d get the best b&w speakers you can, along with the benchmark ahb2 amp. Rave reviews on the amp, reasonably priced, Made in the US. as for type of music. Classical is the most challenging, It has the widest variety of instruments (timbre). If classical music sounds good on a system, everything will sound good, I’m still bummed about thiel’s demise. Jim Thiel was an amazing engineer, The drivers are of his own design. When I bought the cs 2.4’s years ago, nothing else came close to the soundstage and frequency response |
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