smaller speaker suggestions
She thinks 24" x 12" x 12" is big?! Take her to a store and show her what "big" really is! How about down-sizing her area of the home? Like, "Get outta' my music room woman!!!" :-) You might also explain that even if you do get a smaller speaker, you have to put it on a stand, which takes up the same amount of room anyway. Suggestions? Gawd, there are so many choices. There are probably more speakers available than anything in Audio. Browse through the threads on this forum, look at show reports, which have pictures and comments. Then research the one that intrigue you. If you have to put them close to the wall, rear-porting is not a good idea. Wilson Benesch makes a good little speaker called the ARC, which is bottom-ported, and looks very sharp. http://www.wilson-benesch.com/arc/arc.html |
She sounds great. Speaker swapping is fun. Thanks for letting us in on it. Here are my ideas: 1) Totems. The Arro mini-tower sounds very musical to me, is small and can go right next to a wall. Very nice-looking wood veneer, amazing sound for a small driver. Totem floorstanders 2)Aurum Cantus. These guys made the Red Rose monitor that sold for three grand. The Leisure 2 SE model has a ribbon tweeter, a Kevlar-carbon fiber mid-woofer and 14 coats of lacquer over real wood. It looks gorgeous, sounds pretty decent in the bass and mids and is magical in the highs. Canadian Aurum Cantus distributor's page (Sorry I don't know the US source for these.) |
