I auditioned the Fabers,SPendors, and many other good speakers...but went with the new Quad 12L standmounter...they have a very, open airy quality with surprising deep,tight bass...and they are revealing enough to be mated with very hi-end equipment...such as Quads own amps and CDP...they retail for 1k...plus stands...bring you to about 1.5k...if there is anything better for the money...I certaintly havent heard it...
Speakers that leave room to upgrade front-end
I'm looking for speakers for a small apartment-- listening area is about 10' x 10' and whole room is 13' wide x 27' long x 9.2' high and i listen across the width of the room. Very varied musical tastes-- I keep my music alphebetized, and a typical range from the "Ps": Charlie Parker, Maceo Parker, Gram Parsons, Pearl Jam, Michael Penn, Portishead, Pretenders, Prince...... What are your suggestions in the $1.5K range?
Please keep in mind that I don't want to get too far ahead of my front-end equipment-- I'm running a Rotel rsp-960ax preamp into a Parasound HCA-806 (6 X 80 wpc if I recall correctly). I anticipate upgrading the amp set-up to bi-amp the mains with a nice ss 2-channel amp like a little Bryston. Down the road, I definitely anticipate bi-amping the mains using the small solid state for the lows and a tube amp for the highs--nothing too esoteric though.
In short, I need speakers that will work nicely with my current mid-fi set-up but that will be good enough to take me through a couple substantive upgrades over the next several years. I've looked at the SF Concerto and the small Energy Veritas-- I'm very open to alternative suggestions.
Thanks,
D
Please keep in mind that I don't want to get too far ahead of my front-end equipment-- I'm running a Rotel rsp-960ax preamp into a Parasound HCA-806 (6 X 80 wpc if I recall correctly). I anticipate upgrading the amp set-up to bi-amp the mains with a nice ss 2-channel amp like a little Bryston. Down the road, I definitely anticipate bi-amping the mains using the small solid state for the lows and a tube amp for the highs--nothing too esoteric though.
In short, I need speakers that will work nicely with my current mid-fi set-up but that will be good enough to take me through a couple substantive upgrades over the next several years. I've looked at the SF Concerto and the small Energy Veritas-- I'm very open to alternative suggestions.
Thanks,
D