Proac Original Response 2 VS Response 3

I used to own the 3's and loved their midrange and highs, but they were a little bass shy. I remember reading the best sub to mate was the Muse but the Rel's might be best now days. I was using a Krell 300S and went to B&W when I sold them.

i used to own Response 2, and now own 3.5.
I agree with Krell that the 3.5 are a bit bass shy, however so are the R2 which is why i moved to the 3.5. the 3.5 however, I feel an all around good performer, bass is adequate, the positives outweigh any minute shyness in the bass. I am using a JC Verdier Audio Bloc 2 to drive the Proacs 3.5 which is a 20 watt tube amp. the results are amazing.

I say give it a go, while i too love what a gr8 pair of quality monitors can do, you cannot replace the fullness that a floorstander offers.

A little off topic, but I upgraded from ProAc 1SC's to 2.5's. I lost a lot of what I loved in the 1SC's, imaging was a big one, so if you love the way the 2's image I don't think you will get that from one of the bigger ProAc Speakers, althogh good for a bigger speaker, they are a bigger speaker. I think if you where to give us some info on what else you have in your system you would get better advice. Your sourcemay be bright, cables, amps? I tryed many CD players in my system and many of the "highly rated players I tryed where VERY VERY bright to my ears.

I have heard that the Proac's excell with tubes...but here we go again another upgrade and alot more $ 2-3K for a good tube amp.

I have some older gear which I feel is very good value in audio like the R2. Front End- Goldmund/Meta Research Laser 1 & Convert 1 Xport/Dac, Pre- First Sound Reference II passive, Amp- Eagle 2C SS, Cables-Cardas Quadlink 5C, Digital Cable-Goldmund Lineal, Amp PC-Cardas Golden Power.
I'm not one to join the speaker of the month club but man I wish I could I would buy the 75K kharma's for sale here on the Gon Driven by Tube Research Labs and then Wadia for source. Nothing wrong with dreaming right....