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D.marsden Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:51 am: |
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Topic of debate..
What are the best sounding speakers you've heard to date? price no option!
Personally for me, it's a pair of really weird looking B&0 speakers i had the gaul to demo in my local Bang shop last week..
Filled the room with an amazing sweetness!
retail RRP £10,000 
maybe one day :D |
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Silver Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 190
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 12:35 pm: |
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Can't choose between Naim DBLs (£11500) and Dynaudio Evidence Master (£45000-ish).
Best value for money speaker - Totem Mani-2 on Heavi-2 stands (retail £3200 or so). Sadly, they need big power to drive them.
regards,
Frank. |
Silver Member Username: Landroval
Post Number: 938
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 12:54 pm: |
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I dont know if I can say these are the best, but at least they're very close to it. They're perfect for music but I dont know if I would take them for HT. The Finnish made magnetostatic Crevasse Audio speaker:
http://www.tetrimaki.fi/english/highend_speaker.html
Of the more conventional speakers I would say Focal.JMLab Nova Be. |
Silver Member Username: Stone
West Coast
USA
Post Number: 114
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 01:16 pm: |
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I haven't heard them all but the JM Lab Grand Utopia Be's sounded really nice at the audio store.
Lower priced were either the Dali Evidence or my Ohm Acoustic Micro Tall's. |
Bronze Member Username: Mitchbd
Post Number: 50
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 02:39 pm: |
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Here's my two bits...
I was out at a local demo recently - and had the pleasure of hearing (or not hearing) the Sonus Faber Stradivari's. They simply disappeared. Quite stunning, the most amazing speaker I have heard yet. |
Bronze Member Username: Cornelius
Post Number: 60
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 03:55 pm: |
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The best that I've heard - a gigantic pair of Duntechs in a Mastering Lab.
Like Stone, the Ohm Microwalsh Tall is the best affordable speaker that I have heard so far. |
J. Vigne Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 01:54 am: |
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Original Quads. It is a sound that, once heard, is forever remembered.
After that, a double stacked pair of the largest Bozak's (the Concert Grand; eight 12" woofers, four 6" mids and sixteen tweeters in a vertical column on each channel) driven by an early Audio Research tube amp and a master tape played on a Studer open reel at 15 ips. The memory I have of those speakers is that they would dwarf a DunTech being a total 36" wide and 104" height.
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Silver Member Username: Landroval
Post Number: 939
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 06:22 am: |
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Here's a nice set of pictures from Sonus Faber. How they build the Amati Homage:
http://www.hifi-notes.com/sonusfaberamatifabrikage-nl.htm |
Silver Member Username: Falp
Post Number: 109
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 07:25 am: |
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My best ever: Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage |
Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 1859
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 07:35 am: |
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Sonus Faber for me. |
New member Username: Shahrukhd
Mumbai,
Maharashtra
India
Post Number: 7
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 01:02 am: |
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For me it has to be Cadence. The Arca sounds awesome when driven with Cadence's own tube amps. |
Bronze Member Username: Natediggidy
Baltimore,
Maryland
U.S.A.
Post Number: 68
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 10:15 am: |
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My list of speakers heard is not as broad as some but the one's I've liked best so far were Magnepans. The soundstage was simply incredible, and they weren't even 100% there. The tweeter section wasn't even putting out that much, but they too, did the dissapearing act. Imagine a pair of six feet tall, two feet wide panels from eight feet away and I simply could not pinpoint ANY sound comming from them! The sound simply appeared, spread out in the air between and in front of the speakers. No real "deep-deep" bass, but that's what subs are for  . Definately what I will own one day. |
Bronze Member Username: Pal
Pune
India
Post Number: 58
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 01:05 pm: |
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what abt...German Physiks GAUDY....
wish someone gives me a Christmas gift hahahahahaha ! |
Silver Member Username: Landroval
Post Number: 945
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 01:27 pm: |
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Have anyone heard The Gaudi? It looks so _high-end_. What's the price? More than Acapella Sphäron Excalibur? |
Silver Member Username: Two_cents
Post Number: 332
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 02:24 pm: |
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Klipschorns driven by a McIntosh tube amp. |
Silver Member Username: Stone
West Coast
USA
Post Number: 120
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 04:02 pm: |
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Regarding German physiks, someday I would like to listen to a pair of their Walsh designed speakers like the Boarderland.
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| Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 11:55 am: |
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I have two that I have a hard time choosing between. The Avantgarde Duo and the Hyperion HTS 938. Neither design has much in common with the other except the ability to make you try and figure out where you are going to get the money to buy them. What awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping speakers! |
J. Vigne Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2004 - 04:57 pm: |
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At this point I would ask why anyone thinks the speakers they have chosen are the best "sounding" when a speaker shouldn't "sound" like anything. I chose the Quads for the simple reason they have always sounded the least like a speaker to my ears.
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Silver Member Username: Landroval
Post Number: 950
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 05:10 am: |
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Anyone heard the Avantgarde Trio + Basshorn? |
Silver Member Username: Falp
Post Number: 121
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 26, 2004 - 06:05 am: |
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Forgot to mention the very revealing but a litte "cold" B&W Nautilus and the awesome Avalons... wow! :-O |
New member Username: Antonio22
Dallas,
Texas
Usa
Post Number: 2
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 10:14 pm: |
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Can anyone tell me what the differences between the sonus faber's lines are ? please |
New member Username: Antonio22
Dallas,
Texas
Usa
Post Number: 3
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 10:20 pm: |
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Has anyone heard of Sonus Faber ? |
gavincumm Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 10:41 pm: |
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definatly magnepans! Thats why I now own a pair! |
New member Username: The13thgryphon
Spokane,
WA
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004 - 08:52 pm: |
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Personally, when I say "best sound" I mean "most lifelike and accurate to the original event."
Cost no object... Wisdom Audio Adrenaline (www.wisdomaudio.com) around $45,000.
Cost as a real consideration... Magnapan MG-3.6 (about $3,500), or even the MG-1.6 ($1,750)
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| Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 09:45 pm: |
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Audiovox 6x9's in the Dodge Omni. Two thumbs up.
Just having a little fun. |
Jive Bunny Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 09:08 am: |
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The speakers that came with my old Tesco's own brand mini hi-fi are the best. Only rated at 8W, but the sound is great. |
New member Username: Nuck
Parkhill,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 5
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 12:11 pm: |
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on the cheap end of things, my Paisley 12" spl monitors. Body and Bass, Stereo power behind vintage Akai reference pre/amp.
Course I live in the cheap end... |
Bronze Member Username: Elite
Post Number: 75
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 12:56 pm: |
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A great review i found in stereophile magazine
I originally bought my Paradigm Studio/60 v.2s because I wanted small floorstanding speakers that had full-range sound, and they filled the bill. The Studio/60 v.3 is significantly bigger and significantly better than the v.2. Perhaps the most important improvement is in the v.3's overall smoothness and balance, from the low bass all the way to the top. This is difficult to achieve, and has been the downfall of many speakers, especially low- to mid-priced floorstanders. It's also why many listeners forgo deep bass altogether in this price range, preferring to go with small two-way monitor speakers. The Paradigm Reference Studio/60 v.3, however, has a seamlessness and a wide frequency range that I usually associate with speakers many times its price.
Over the years, I've reviewed a number of speakers in the $1000-$2000/pair range because this is where, it seems to me, the going gets tough. Speakers costing less than $1000/pair usually include serious compromises, and those costing more than $2000/pair, no matter how good they are, can be enjoyed only by the relative few who can afford them. In this range, several other speakers have outstanding and desirable traits, but no speaker costing anywhere near $1600/pair has a better integration of all performance parameters than Paradigm's Reference Studio/60 v.3.
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