Maybe I'm just over box speakers?


I heard a pair of Magnepans MMG about a month ago and recently I heard a pair of Martin Logan speakers and since that day no box speaker sounds good to me.

Has this ever happened to anyone? Until recently I loved a good monitor but lately. I just don't know anymore
restless_times

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Restless_times,
Maybe your moniker suggests it all (that you are restless & like to churn equipment)? Maybe not? Hard to say...
There is no current virtual system for you so one does not know what kind of equipment you have presently & what sort of equipment you have been thru.

Perhaps you have been living amongst a subset of box speakers that just don't render the music well???
OF COURSE there are box speakers that render the music well & even very well. One member already pointed out Vandersteen. I'd like to add a few more:
* Green Mountain Audio
* VMPS
* Selah Audio linear arrays
* Piega
* Merlin
& I'm sure I left out quite a few.

Maybe your question should be: "Are there any box speakers that render the music as well as Martin Logan & Magnepan?"

ESLs & planars do certain things very well but also have short-comings like all other speaker categories. In the end, it all amounts to what you are willing to spend & what sort of compromise(s) you are willing to settle for.