Speaker recommendation
Discussion
I should be moving soon, and when I do I want to replace the soundbar with a decent hifi system.
The room is 15ftx12ft and the distance between speakers and listening position would be on the longer distance, approx 14 ft.
I am after some speakers that are ‘wife friendly’ and sound good at moderate listening volumes.
I like bass in a speaker too, something that can reach relatively deep but has an agile bass.
I used to like my old Rega Ela’s but they are not wife friendly
The room is 15ftx12ft and the distance between speakers and listening position would be on the longer distance, approx 14 ft.
I am after some speakers that are ‘wife friendly’ and sound good at moderate listening volumes.
I like bass in a speaker too, something that can reach relatively deep but has an agile bass.
I used to like my old Rega Ela’s but they are not wife friendly
TameRacingDriver said:
Ideally £500 or under
First thought was Q Acoustics 3050 but I’m hearing horn speakers are the best for moderate volumes, not many good looking ones around though!
Good luck getting horn speakers without adding a 0 to your budget.First thought was Q Acoustics 3050 but I’m hearing horn speakers are the best for moderate volumes, not many good looking ones around though!
You need to go listen, no one here can tell you what suits your other gear and what suits your ears
sociopath said:
Good luck getting horn speakers without adding a 0 to your budget.
You need to go listen, no one here can tell you what suits your other gear and what suits your ears
Yes I appreciate that I will ultimately have to audition but it never does any harm to gather some contenders first.You need to go listen, no one here can tell you what suits your other gear and what suits your ears
I see there are a fair few Klipsch speakers on eBay but ultimately the ones I've seen probably won't get past the mrs... And to be fair I'm not putting this entirely on her as, and this will sound shallow, I also want them to look nice.
I have a set of Q acoustic 3050 in my office, the older version. They are nice speakers but i think i paid circa £250 for them and for that sort of money you cannot really grumble.
Waring - Budget stretch abit, but for £700.00 i picked up a pair of Neat Iota Alphas (You need to be a little keen on Ebay as they come up at this price every month or so) They are a tiny pair of floor standing speakers, about as wife friendly as they come (since installing them in our front rooms she has not even noticed them!). They have downward firing base drivers and teamed up with my 32.5/hicap/250 amp, absolutely rock with loads of base.
Waring - Budget stretch abit, but for £700.00 i picked up a pair of Neat Iota Alphas (You need to be a little keen on Ebay as they come up at this price every month or so) They are a tiny pair of floor standing speakers, about as wife friendly as they come (since installing them in our front rooms she has not even noticed them!). They have downward firing base drivers and teamed up with my 32.5/hicap/250 amp, absolutely rock with loads of base.
I appreciate they've been around for a while, but I bought a pair of Q Acoustic BT3's and a Rel T-Zero subwoofer for about your budget. They sound fantastic. Speakers are very easy to listen too, lots of detail and a lovely mid range. Sub is ace, really punchy and taught and fills in where the BT3's roll off a treat.
Wife friendly, due to compact size of speaker and sub, and the fact there's no need for an amp etc.
eta:looks like you're after floor standers, so maybe not relevant.
Wife friendly, due to compact size of speaker and sub, and the fact there's no need for an amp etc.
eta:looks like you're after floor standers, so maybe not relevant.
Edited by cbmotorsport on Monday 2nd March 13:23
I recently grabbed a set of warfdale DX2 and really happy with them @ £400
https://www.richersounds.com/wharfedale-dx2-black....
Added a pair of height speakers with a Denon AVRX2600 for a budget Dolby Atmos setup.
https://www.richersounds.com/wharfedale-dx2-black....
Added a pair of height speakers with a Denon AVRX2600 for a budget Dolby Atmos setup.
I've got some PMC Twenty5.21's - smallish standmount speakers but they have an astonishing amount of tight and agile bass for their size when plugged into my Naim system, especially when cranked up, and are superbly clear as they should for the price.
Having said that, they do lack a bit of low volume room filling bass if thats what you want.
Worth going to a hi fi shop and listening to a few, then taking some home to try. I tried speakers from ATC, B&W, PMC and Spendor before picking the PMC as the best blend for what I wanted. The difference in how each presented music of all sorts was pretty big - I'm sure thats the same between speakers at all price levels.
Having said that, they do lack a bit of low volume room filling bass if thats what you want.
Worth going to a hi fi shop and listening to a few, then taking some home to try. I tried speakers from ATC, B&W, PMC and Spendor before picking the PMC as the best blend for what I wanted. The difference in how each presented music of all sorts was pretty big - I'm sure thats the same between speakers at all price levels.
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