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Best of all worlds??????????

I have been shopping for a speaker that suits my tastes. I thought I was down to 2 speakers, and I would have to decide between them, that being the b&w n804's or the sonus faber grand piano home's. I listen to the gp's with some grover washington, or cyrus chesnut, or some light classical music, it sounds warm and sweet, then I put on some stones, eric clapton, yes, etc, and it sounds like crap.....Ditto for the n804's... My problem is that I am tired of the old saying, that it depends on what kind of music do you listen to.... If you are spending 3000.00+ on a set of floor standing speakers, shouldn't there be an overall excellent speaker. What would be considered a speaker that sounds just as good listening to classical as it would listening to the stones.....Yes I know that rock music is mostly recorded like crap, and I do not want to change the way it sounds, I just want to enjoy it...Can this be done, has this been done.....Do you know a speaker that is excellent of for all kinds of music.....Is there a speaker that is excellent for all kinds of music... Help me, as I am losing my cool
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jdombrow
371 posts
 
Perhaps both speakers are revealing the poor recording quality of the stones, eric clapton, yes, etc. Not all CDs are created equal. Sting has always been one of my favorite artists, until I upgraded my system. Now all of his CDs sound overly compressed to me.

JD
tbrros
21 posts
 
I have the Nautilus 804's and they are wonderful speakers for Rock and Roll as well as everything else. The B&W however are very neutral. What is the rest of your setup and maybe I can make some suggestions. If you tell me Krell I will know the problem already
bigkidz
3,387 posts
 
How were the speakers anchored to the floor. I just came from a demo of b&w matrix 804s with some DIY stands that really anchored them to the floor and they blew away my 803s like they were the biggest pieces of junk around.
mmowry
23 posts
 
Try adding a subwoofer to the mix. I never really enjoyed listening to rock music on my system until I added a subwoofer.
cdc
1,795 posts
 
Grand Pianos had a nasty edge in the F-R at least at Tweeters.
B&W may be light on the bass and tweeter can be bright.
Really have to try different electronics - these speakers will just reveal what you feed them - noting basic tonality I mentioned.
ATC active 100's do it all but they are $15,000 - but they include 6 power amps with the speakers :-)
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