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Best monitor for HT

I am looking for 5 mini/monitor speakers for a small high-end home theater setup. The speakers I have thought of are B&W 805, Legacy Studio, Sonus Faber Concerto, and the new Mobile Fidelity OML-1.

I am a curent B&W owner and this is the 805 only speaker on the list I can listen to locally. I'm wondering if anyone else has had the opportunity to compare any of these speakers or has other recommendations. I want to stay under $2K/pair.
jaykapur
sedona
144 posts
 
Check out the Von Schweikert VR1 - they can be had on Audiogon for about $700 per pair. The LCR 15 center speaker to match.
tdavism3
46 posts
 
The 805s are one of my favorite speakers. They do a great job on music and HT. However, you have to make sure that your associated components are up to the level of the 805s to get the best out of them. In my opinion, the 805 is superior to the 804 and 803. Good luck.
subaruguru
1,376 posts
 
Hmmm...I found the 805 to be quite bright for HT use, where there's simply an excess of top octave junk. Spendor S3/1p L&R and their SC3 center certainly work great for me, and NEVER fatigue. I just don't have to worry as much about lousy source material, the midrange is great (as expected), and the bottom's nice and Britishy-quick. Boston VR-MX surrounds mate well, as well their PV1000 fast-paced sub.
I DO appreciate more linear top octave performance in my ref 2 ch system (VA Parsifal Encores), but again, HT is a different can of worms...oops---priorities.
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