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I will not use the word 'never' for if my Revels disappeared tomorrow there's a very good chance a pair of M/L 13a's would take their place |
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Whatsapp kind of music do you listen to? |
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I went from Quads 63s to SF Ktema. I will never go back.
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Yup...I was reading your post, thinking about the Montis, and typed it instead of Theos.
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A huge variety including classic rock, 80's hair metal, jazz, classical, electronic, hip-hop...and damn near everything in between. |
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With such a large variety of music preference, were you happy with the electrostatic except for the limited sweet spot? I would have thought that metal and heavy rock was not that good with that kind of speakers.
FWIW, I have owned Magnepans and they are great for jazz, vocals, and acoustic music. No great IMO for large orchestral music. Their sweet spot may be wider than the electrostatic but probably not by a lot. |
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Still, the big two issues were the main thing: tiny sweet spot and bad recordings sounding doubly bad. I agree that no speaker can make a poor recording sound better than it is; but, electrostats definitely make poor recordings sound even worse. |
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Getting out of Electrostats
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Ah ok. I think that you may get similar results with Magnepan speakers. Hopefully someone can suggest other speakers for you. |
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At this point, I have several brands to look into:
* Revel - The one universal that I've heard in every place I've asked this same question is to check out Revel. Unfortunately, I'm having a bit of trouble finding a dealer; but, given the buzz, they are worth my time. * McIntosh XR100 - Honestly, I'm a bit torn as I've heard really mixed things about McIntosh speakers. Still, I feel I should check them out! * Sonus Faber - I demoed some McIntosh electronics with Sonus Faber Venere speakers and I admit to being quite enchanted by their sound. Unfortunately, the only place that carried them near me was Magnolia and they've since stopped carrying Sonus Faber. * Focal - Same problem--no dealer here. But I keep hearing their name come up. * Salk Sound - Independent, custom-made speakers that I've heard for years punch way above their price. Of course, no dealers so no way for me to demo them effectively. I've heard a few other names: Paradigm and PSB specifically but only one-off references. |
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I had Martin Logan Ethos for a few years and was looking for something with a bit more dynamics and was hoping the newer line would do it for me but I just never liked any of the newer Renaissance line ... I went Wilson Sasha’s as they we are extremely transparent and have incredible depth while being incredibly dynamic. The Sabrina’s are really nice also at $15k might want to take a listen.
George |
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That said, I've never auditioned Wilson speakers and I should probably check my biases at the door! Thanks for the tip! |
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