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Help a confused newbie build his first setup...

Hello everyone,

After saving my pennies for the last few years, I have finally saved up the money to buy some speakers but to be honest I am confused with two thing and would love everyones opinion. First off, what would be a better bang for the buck, floor standers or monitors?. I am a musician by trade with good ears that listens to everything and love to hear things as truthfully as possible. To me accuracy, neutrality, musicality, and soundstage are very important. For instance, I am not concern about bloated, unrealistic bass, since I know exactly how a bass should sound like. I need a speaker that can handle different situation effectively. Additionally, my living room is connected to a dinning room and kitchen. The living room itself is 20 X 12 with 10 foot high ceiling.

My other concern is how much do I need to spend. Right now all I have is a dac going going to airport express. I was thinking of buying a good speaker first then buying a fairly cheap amp and upgrade later. Is that the right way to go about it? I do know I want to use SS amp for this setup since it is overall easier for me. All this being said, I have collected $1000 so far but am not sure if this would be enough to get a good setup. I do not mind saving up if I have to.

What would be your ideal setup for the following price points (amp included if possible).

$1000

$2000

$3000

Thank you in advance and let me know if you would like more information.
aldres

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weseixas
519 posts
 
Here let me help ..

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrplan&1295662292&/Magneplanar-mg-iiia

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrplan&1298640418

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrplan&1296264201&/Acoustat-1+1

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298132185&/Acoustat-2+2

You can use the xtra money you saved for a subwoofer if necessary, i would suggest you put it towards a good amplifier, you can find a Thresholds S200 or S300 for the balanced left over for eg.

Stay away from cheap small box speakers the sound will drive you nuts overtime. Ohh ! in case you lost some appendages and need WAF speakers ..

2nd tier choice :

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298414736&/KEF-Model-105 *

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298409151&/ERA-Design-10-Rosewood

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ddspkrfull&1296876489&demo&3&4&

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298577354&/PSB-Image-T5

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1297961635&/Thiel-CS-2.2

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298409142&/Rega-R-5

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298387606&/Quad-21L

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1298311091&/Snell-Acoustics-Type-CV *

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1297784614&/KEF-105

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1297601531&/Role-Audio-Enterprise-black-/

Of course no affiliation, Yaddy , Yadda... Better to start with the panel speakers, the maggies will have more bass than the acoustats, Both will eventually need subwoofers IMO , but closer to sounding like real music at anything near this price point.

Happy hunting .....
weseixas
519 posts
 
Only a planar type speaker will do that .....
weseixas
519 posts
 
Hello ,

Planar speakers and line sources in general will fill a house easy due to their dispersion characteristics, nothing to do with the "sweet spot " .

Point source speakers lose 6 db per doubling of distance, only 3 db for linesource/planer type speakers.

Regards,
weseixas
519 posts
 
NYC,

I would try Sound by Singer, ask for Andy, let him know you have 1K you wanna spend... :)

regards,
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