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Recommend good satellite speakers?

Because of my living situation (efficiancy apartment, paper thin walls, lack of funds, etc.), I have been looking at some satellite speaker options. I really only need a pair for the time being. Something that will image well, and WON'T give me too much bass thump (the person living below me has already reported me for 8 noise violations in one month). Just something that will allow me to hear some nice detail on a wide variety of music, and will be able to handle other sources (PlayStation 2, digital cable, VCR, DVD, etc.) at least reasonably well. Now, I'm as anti-Bose as the next intelligent person, but I was wondering if there's something good along those same lines. Thanks in advance for your help.
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bmpnyc
713 posts
 
B&W leisure monitors. You can always find a place for them somewhere else later, and they are smooth, sweet and handsomely designed. Should run a little over $300.
sean
6,231 posts
 
Brian, try finding some of the little 2 way Castle's. Can't remember their model name, but they can be had "on sale" or as demo's for just a bit over $300. Unlike most English speakers, these actually sound relatively full bodied yet retain the excellent mids and treble that Anglophile's require. Sean
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celtic66
1,674 posts
 
You can still find used LS 3/5As for around $700 or the new Spendor for $1000 and both are small, deliver well detailed sound and won't boom. Good luck.
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audiotomb
1,112 posts
 
B&W 302's. THese are incredible. I''ve hooked them up to my main system and except for the bottom end (which was still very focused) the details and imaging were superb. Around $300 a pair, and can easily go into a bedroom system later.
asa
662 posts
 
Get yourself a pair of Spendor/Rogers LS3/5A spkrs here used for about $600-$750, steal some Osiris stands here for about $200, mate them with a Musical Fidelity A1 25W Class integrated (if you can find one), a decent CD player, grab a used pair of Purist Colossus Rev A IC's that aren't banged up ($250 used), string a set of AudioNote's(Kondo)new copper spkr wire ($50/ft)with WBT bananas at the speaker end ($90 pr retail), and then forget about audio for about five years.
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