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| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Mapman,I dunno about the Totem Arro, because although there are two Totem dealers here in Austin, neither stocks the Arro! So I'm extrapolating from the Dreamcatchers that I did get to hear, and from the copious rave reviews I've read. Everybody s... | |
| Need cabinetry/shelving advice Thanks, guys. I'd never have thought of Ikea. And Oregon, thanks for recommending a specific line... their web site's a little overwhelming! | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Mapman,The most unique thing about the Vandy's, AFAIK, is that you have the grill cloth "sock" stretched around four corner dowels, and inside is the closest thing to bare speaker guts you can get. They call this a baffle-less design, and it's sup... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Thanks for the recommendations, Asa. Right now, I know pretty well that the PS Audio amp at least has the "juice" to drive a 4 ohm speaker. If the Arro's are so revealing that they expose the Elite Plus to have crappy sound, then, there's somethin... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Asa,My system was purchased in the mid-1980s... it was what I guess you could call an entry-level high-end system in those days! The original equipment included the PS Audio Elite Plus integrated amplifier, a turntable that I think went by the nam... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Audioconnection,You know, oddly enough, I'd never considered the 1C. My old speakers were the very original Vandy 2C's (not CE or any of the later versions). My wife never liked the Vandy "look," though, and I'd have to see if she'd tolerate these... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Mapman,This is all very useful and you are very generous and patient to lay it all out in such detail. Thanks! You nailed it on the head: clearly, this is quite a different listening experience than one would get with a box design, and question is... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please What about the imaging issue, Mapman? Do you find that you can locate instruments and singers in space, or is the presentation more "vague" with the Ohm's? I'm trying to imagine how imaging would work with the speakers radiating sound all over the... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Mapman,Thank you. I spoke to John, the owner, and he recommended the Talls. He said that they will reproduce everything but the deepest pipe organ or synth notes, and would sound good in a room my size. Have you heard the Ohms, yourself? | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please I am definitely leaning toward getting the Arro at this point. I have noticed, however, that the Ohm Micro Walsh Tall is often mentioned in the same breath with the Arrow. The Arro will cost me something like $1350 plus tax, because I need it in t... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Leatherneck1812,Yeah, I think it's gonna be the Arros. Problem is, my wife wants me to get 'em in black ash, and all those are in cherry or mahogany. Bummer! ;-) | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Larryrx,I considered the classic 3's. Problem is that the one local dealer who used to stock NHT dropped the whole line from their store. Also, I eventually decided to go with a small floor-stander rather than getting something that needed stands. | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Well, I think it's come down to either the Arro's or the Silverline Preludes. (I was also considering the Quad 21L2, but I've read some user threads online expressing frustration that they need to be a good foot or two off the back wall or the sou... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Jdoris,Looks like they're all kits, no? | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Thank you for the clarification! I'd emailed PS Audio earlier and they said "As long as the amp is in good shape and the room is moderately sized you should not have any problems driving those speakers. Personally I am a fan of the entire Dynaudio... |