Thanks for the replies above. I'm also not a "bass" person that wants to sit there and hear thumping. I have heard REL systems that blew me away in how they disappeared and fooled me that the bass was not coming from the mains ... I even put my hand on the cabinet because I didn't believe the sub was on/working. Amazing. So, just trying to see how I can get that level of performance ... where does it lie - at what price point? I guess I'll have to do some more A/B auditioning to find my sweet spot.
On that note, I can appreciate the 805sig recommendation --- it's a sweet sounding speaker. At the same time, I listend to sig and non-sig and the additional cost wasn't justified for ME. I know all the things that make it better, but as you'll notice from my picks above, this system is to be one of those "sweet spot" packages, where you can definitely make it better, but for the money spent I believe it is going to be very effective. Since I took the seperates route, once I have the desire to upgrade to better components (ML amp?), I'll do that to get more out of the system, but I think for now this should serve my needs and be relatively a non-compromising system.
My question regarding stands was about the need to spend a third to half the cost of the speakers for them or can I buy a lower priced quality set from a reputable non-totally-high-end brand? I don't know if Sanus is a good example of that ... again, keep in mind I'm not trying to max everything out, I'm going for the sweet spot. Spending $600 for stands on a $2000 pair of speakers seems too much, but I'm open to being shown that I'm wrong.
Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it - keep it coming! :)
Regards,
Shawn
On that note, I can appreciate the 805sig recommendation --- it's a sweet sounding speaker. At the same time, I listend to sig and non-sig and the additional cost wasn't justified for ME. I know all the things that make it better, but as you'll notice from my picks above, this system is to be one of those "sweet spot" packages, where you can definitely make it better, but for the money spent I believe it is going to be very effective. Since I took the seperates route, once I have the desire to upgrade to better components (ML amp?), I'll do that to get more out of the system, but I think for now this should serve my needs and be relatively a non-compromising system.
My question regarding stands was about the need to spend a third to half the cost of the speakers for them or can I buy a lower priced quality set from a reputable non-totally-high-end brand? I don't know if Sanus is a good example of that ... again, keep in mind I'm not trying to max everything out, I'm going for the sweet spot. Spending $600 for stands on a $2000 pair of speakers seems too much, but I'm open to being shown that I'm wrong.
Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it - keep it coming! :)
Regards,
Shawn