There is no one speaker that's best. We all hear differently. A good speaker will sound good on anything. Ask any top designer and they will tell you the same thing.
Best moderately priced speakers for classical music
I mostly listen to classical music and some jazz. The violin is my favorite instrument and I am looking for speakers that make this particular instrument sound the closest to the real thing. When I say moderately priced, I mean speakers that I might find used for less than $5,000. I have a Lyngdorf TDAI-2200 integrated and Lynn Unidisk SC player. I'm probably not going to change anything but my speakers (Tyler Decade D20). I like the speakers I have, but my room is rather small and the huge Tylers are a bit much for certain recordings and genres. I look forward to your suggestions. Thanks
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tweak11,000 posts06-24-2019 3:30pmIm not a 'top designer' but I have owned quite a few different speakers in my same room of 24 years, and that sir is BS |
maxthedog, great post. I enjoyed reading it. I have a lot of friend who are musicians and use either Vandersteen's or Maggie's. Billy Drummond uses both speakers in his home systems. Many of us who listen to music more than we listen to 'gear' agree that there isn't a right speaker for a specific genre. A nice 'flat in the room' type of speaker matched with great gear will be highly satisfying on anything you want to listen to. Most who love music that is truly full range will want a floor stander that has more bass (as long as it's a speaker that can reproduce bass properly). |
Guys, everything that is made is a compromise. That's the baseline of any audio. Then we chose what manufacture, who's compromises we can live with and love. Usually it's speakers first and then we design a system AROUND them. It's electronics, so not everything will work, regardless of how highly rated, or expensive or loved in other systems. I asked this question again to a couple of well known speaker designers as well as two amp designers (not recent for either amp guys as one was the late Charlie Hansen)., The speaker guys make totally different types and sounds of speakers. It didn't matter as each said virtually the same thing....It doesn't matter. They each said that if you ask top designers, they will tell you similarly. What they will say is that some music may not have to have as much low end so some will save money and buy stand mounted speaker. When talking about Jazz, Blues, Classical or Rock which are major genres, you want a true full range speaker that will have the house sound which will allow us to be involved with the music. I'm sure there are exceptions to the folks I spoke with, but even reviewers I'm close with agree with this. Some will disagree as they do in this thread, but I bet that the majority in audio who actually listen to a ton of products and systems will agree. |