If the 5.3's sounded good, and you have some room to leave some air behind them in your room, you should go with them! You liked them! It is no harder to get a good sub to integrate w/monitors than w/floorstanders; the RELs, for example, have tons of fine tuning to accomplish this with any kind of speaker. As far as the Vienna Acoustics go, I don't believe they have rear ports, or need a ton of space behind them. The fact is there are a LOT of great speakers out there, but you have the great advantage of having heard the soliloquies. Did the dealer let you listen to them in your home? Or will he let you return them if you get them home and can't get them to sound right?
foiled again...
after thinking I had settled on a speaker, the Soliloquy 5.3...it just occured to me that I had been listening to them in a room where they were about 5 feet from the wall.
I've read multiple comments about these speakers needing room to breathe because of the rear ports. I don't really like stand mounted monitors. I think it's too hard to get the sub to integrate right most of the time.
Can anyone recommend another floorstander for under $2000 that is as good as the Soliloquy 5.3? I'm sure I'll get many responses here. I've also been considering the Silverline Sonatina II. I found a great price on some demos.
Anyone know if Vienna acoustics have this positioning problem?
I've read multiple comments about these speakers needing room to breathe because of the rear ports. I don't really like stand mounted monitors. I think it's too hard to get the sub to integrate right most of the time.
Can anyone recommend another floorstander for under $2000 that is as good as the Soliloquy 5.3? I'm sure I'll get many responses here. I've also been considering the Silverline Sonatina II. I found a great price on some demos.
Anyone know if Vienna acoustics have this positioning problem?