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I need some advice on speakers..

I'm selling my Martin Logan Odysseys to try a speaker with a smaller footprint. My room is fairly small 15X18, and I have a glass door on the right side of the room. On speaker will wind up more in the corner than the other due to a hallway.

The speakers I've been thinking about are:

The new Audio Physic Virgo III
The Von Schweikert VR-5
The Merlin VSM-M
The Coincident Super Eclipse
The VMPS monitor speaker the small on with the two 8's.
avivey
ehider
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I STRONGLY recommend the AV Reality Studios. Absolute top of the line drivers with the Scan Speak 7" revelator woofer (If I remeber correctly this woofer has the fastest impulse response of any woofer made in the world).

The Studios have same exact drivers as the Krell $9500 monitors, but with even better crossovers and a unique diffraction baffle. The best part is that this speaker is priced at $2000 new! I have nothing but accolades for this remarkable speaker company.
natalie
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The Avant Garde is nice but not in the Same league as the Super Eclipse.There is a pair on this site for 3800.00 you wont do better and will do worse for as much as double the money.
ljgj
955 posts
 
There was a treble switch put in recently to help tame room conditions and the speaker binding posts were upgraded. I am not sure in the driver category. Talk to Steve at SoundVideo.com - they are his personal choice in his own system. Joe at JC Audio thinks they sound better than the Karma. Of all the recommendations in this group who actually owns the speaker they are talking about - I do! The Super Eclipse is a bit on the bright side but tubes should warm them up. A friend of mine would probably sell you his pair.
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rhyno
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the coincidents are great if you're an SET fan, otherwise i'd steer clear.

b/w the VR5s and the VSM-ms, i've heard both...and thought the VSMs were much better. your room is ideally sized...but i wonder about the liberties you'll have to place them. if you're limited w/ what you can do in placement, you may just want to save your $$ and get something mid-fi.

the speakers you're talking about are great speakers if you'll give them what they need...bad placement isn't what they need. if you can't place them properly, why not some standmount ACIs Jags or Sapphire 3s w/ a very small footprint?
rhyno
natalie
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To clarify.
If you get bright sound out a Super Eclipse,its the source that is bright not the speaker.I have a 4 year old Nak cd player which on my Coincidents with certin source material can be bright.When I play the LP of the same music its not anywhere near bright.It tell's me my Cd player is bright.
The Coincident line will expose your week links.
With the right source and proper cabling the Coincident line is not bright.
They will expose bad sources.
Yes I need a better Source.Looking for the right DAC to mate with it.
Anysuggestion's.The NAk has a Digital out.
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