Thanks to all you guys. I got a little from everyone and spend a good deal of time reading on the web this weekend.
Snooker: I have a buddy who owns the 805N's. I asked him and he agreed to come over so that we could compare the two (SR15's vs. 805N's) on my gear and there was a clear difference. While we both felt that the two were nearly identical in the bottom end dept., the SR's were clearly a smoother sounding speaker on top. The N's use an aluminum dome while the SR's use a soft dome which was much more warm sounding. We both agreed that we prefered the SR's. If you want something warmer, I would suggest the SR17's as later suggested to me.
Wirehead: Thanks for the suggestion. Don't know much about these other than what I read. Can't figure out how I could listen to them beforehand. I don't go blind very often on speaker purchases. OTOH, the Q-10's are much more nuetral than the T-14's, which I owned before the Q's. When I fist got the Q's I was scared shitless, because I hate bright sounding anything. Jeff Delman insisted that I let them break in for 80-100 hours and I'm glad I did. Not only to they look better (I'm snobby like that), they perform better in my system. I even had double runs of the T-14.
Prostarsound: Trying to find a way to listen to the 3a's. Everything I read sounds great. Those are some EXPENSIVE monitors. Don't see any used, though.
Bbroussard: I'm with Dekay. I don't know how you could make a sub that didn't match well with your monitors, but Soliloquy seems to have done just that. I am a fan of the bigger REL products, but can't see even spending $2k on a sub for this little office system. The system is over $10k so far and it isn't scoring me many browine points. Dumping these and picking up different monitors is going to be a big hurdle as it is. Thanks, though, I know your heart was in the right place. :-)
Dekay: I am thinking strongly about the SR17's at this point, but as I was cruising A'gon I noticed a lot of Sonatas that could be picked up for a song. Even the new ones aren't that bad. Will I lose the intimacy of the soundstage if I go with floorstander at such nearfield listening? I could really scrap the sub with the Sonatas. What about Meadowlark Heron or i's or Blue Herons?
Snooker: I have a buddy who owns the 805N's. I asked him and he agreed to come over so that we could compare the two (SR15's vs. 805N's) on my gear and there was a clear difference. While we both felt that the two were nearly identical in the bottom end dept., the SR's were clearly a smoother sounding speaker on top. The N's use an aluminum dome while the SR's use a soft dome which was much more warm sounding. We both agreed that we prefered the SR's. If you want something warmer, I would suggest the SR17's as later suggested to me.
Wirehead: Thanks for the suggestion. Don't know much about these other than what I read. Can't figure out how I could listen to them beforehand. I don't go blind very often on speaker purchases. OTOH, the Q-10's are much more nuetral than the T-14's, which I owned before the Q's. When I fist got the Q's I was scared shitless, because I hate bright sounding anything. Jeff Delman insisted that I let them break in for 80-100 hours and I'm glad I did. Not only to they look better (I'm snobby like that), they perform better in my system. I even had double runs of the T-14.
Prostarsound: Trying to find a way to listen to the 3a's. Everything I read sounds great. Those are some EXPENSIVE monitors. Don't see any used, though.
Bbroussard: I'm with Dekay. I don't know how you could make a sub that didn't match well with your monitors, but Soliloquy seems to have done just that. I am a fan of the bigger REL products, but can't see even spending $2k on a sub for this little office system. The system is over $10k so far and it isn't scoring me many browine points. Dumping these and picking up different monitors is going to be a big hurdle as it is. Thanks, though, I know your heart was in the right place. :-)
Dekay: I am thinking strongly about the SR17's at this point, but as I was cruising A'gon I noticed a lot of Sonatas that could be picked up for a song. Even the new ones aren't that bad. Will I lose the intimacy of the soundstage if I go with floorstander at such nearfield listening? I could really scrap the sub with the Sonatas. What about Meadowlark Heron or i's or Blue Herons?