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Home Audio SpeakersDiscuss For experienced audiophiles only please in the Manufactured Speakers | Subwoofers forum; For experienced audiophiles only please As I have come to find out that I have never owned a set of good speakers, please I beg ... |
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| For experienced audiophiles only please As I have come to find out that I have never owned a set of good speakers, please I beg your indifference to your personal preferences and just try to put yourself into my head for a moment, as I have put in over 2 months time and effort into this. That I ask this of you should go a long ways toward showing you good folks how much I respect your abilities and opinions.I am shopping for a set of front mains and center that will be married to my Denon 2808. I have 2-matched Mirage subs outboard of each floor stander at the moment for extended bass.Music and movies 50/50 classic rock, blues C&W. I really like everything except opera, rap, and Techno. I have auditioned a number of speakers:Polk LSI9+very good New Mirage OS3 FS towers=to tinny-is that a word? Dana 680=to laid back Paragram Studio 10= just sounded too smal lRevel M12= bass covered detail/too colored would be the right word? Vienna Hayden=Sweet like your mothers kiss on the check/no excitement? B&W 685= I loved it? Just right. Speakers that I have been reading glowing reports on for the last 4 weeks but have been unable to audition. These are the ones I would like your opinion on mentally comparing them to the B&W685 please. Swan Diva 6.1 Totem Hawk Salk Sound Tower Vandersteen 2CE Sig II Usher Be-718RHB TK-5CT Or any others you may have a suggestion about. But remember please this is my head and my money so please leave your ears at the door.I sincerely thank you all for your time, comments and mental effort. Mike | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please I sincerely suggest you audition the Vandersteen products. I did and fell in love with the sound. I cannot necessarily compare them with all the others that you have auditioned, but they are engaging and many people like them. I see that they are on your list. I have heard some of the speakers you have heard (or their brethren) and I personally prefer the Vandersteen (I have the 3A Sig, but I understand that the 2CE SigII is very similar). Of course, many thing are variable, including your musical selection, your ears, your sense of headspace (i.e., your mood), your accompanying electonics, and, of course, your room. Let us know how it goes... -- Otto | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Martin Logan ... heavenly bliss! If there is any better, I haven't heard them. | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Based on your comments and the things you have been listening to, I'd recommend listening to the Thiel products. The 685 is a hard one to beat in terms of value, IMO. ...the soulshine, it's better than sunshine. It's better than moonshine. It's sure better than rain. | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Having heard the Vandersteens, I think they are amazing especially for 2 channel. Have fun. Dennis L Dennis Doan, DC Gonstead Chiropractor IT'S THE NERVE! ![]() www.drdoan.com www.healedthefilm.com SVSound SBS-01 fronts, High fronts, center, rear surrounds (I was honored to be the 1st purchaser of these great speakers) Klipsch RS-42 side surrounds SVSound SB12-Plus/2 sub (w/12.3 drivers) AS-EQ1 Sub Equalizer (WOW!) Onkyo TX-SR707 7.2 Receiver w/AudysseyXT Panasonic DMP-BD605 Blu-Ray player Toshiba DVD Recorder w/HDMI Direct TV DVR HD BenQ W5000 projector mounted on ceiling. 91" MovieTime pull-down screen 15' x 11.8' vaulted ceiling dedicated HT room w/DIY sound absorption: | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Quote:
Both very good and fast but different. Then I went to audition a Vandersteen 2Ce SigII. Now that’s a horse of a different color for sure. Very open with a very large pleasing sound field (good for HT) the absolute sweet spot was rather small though. The clarity was good enough that (as a guitar player for 40+ years) I could tell you what guitar the artist was using. They are kinda ugly compared to some (Handsome my mother would say) and they are bulky with large footprint, and look rather dated, terminal post and all, along with being fussy with the equipment married to them. Jeeze I think I just described my-self. I wonder if I could give them a good home? I could only give them 14" out from wall and one side of each would be against a new slim line DLP, so not covered but there non the less. Other sides good breathing room as each has a hallway. Get the pic ? | |||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Go to John Fort Audio, 850 South Greenville Avenue Suite 100 Richardson, Texas 75081, 972-644-1199 and ask to audition the Vandersteen 2Ce Signature IIs. You might stop right there in your search. Audio Video Unplugged in Farmers Branch and Krystal Clear Audio Video in Dallas should have the Totem Hawk, which should get a listen. | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Thank you Jackfish!! Big time ![]() I had gotten down to the nut cuttin as we say out in the country I thought Vandersteen 2Ce SigII Salk Song Tower Rocket 850 and now another I want to check out the Totem Hawk I have auditioned all the above except the ST and that is tommorow. I will have to do the TH after and just make up my mind ![]() Just droped in to see what condition my condition was in. Yea | ||||
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| Re: For experienced audiophiles only please Auditioned the Song Towers and they are awsome! Clean mids that you just can't congest no matter how hard you try. Highs that set just right on the ears. Good sound stage. A little week in the bass so they do need a sub. Vandersteen very full and huge right to left soundstage with lots of detail but also some of the detailed placement gets lost in that huge sound stage. Foward to rear soundstage a lot smaller. Rocket 850 gotta wait and see. | ||||
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