I’d give the Silverline Preludes consideration in your price range new. Not too hard to drive so will give you a wide selection of amps. Imaging and soundstaging are excellent and should work very well with the types of music you listen to. Best of luck.
proac d25 vs totem Mani 2
Hello,
I am looking for a pair of musical speakers for a small room. My budget is around $1800, I have looked around and found there is a very good candidate: Totem Mani 2. This pair has already got a lot of rave reviews on Internet. However, recently, I found another candidate, that is Proac D25, which I can get with much lower price than the Mani 2. I wonder if the Proac is much sonically and musically inferior to the Mani? Anyone happen to hear both of the speakers please share some of your experience.
Thank you.
Huy.
I am looking for a pair of musical speakers for a small room. My budget is around $1800, I have looked around and found there is a very good candidate: Totem Mani 2. This pair has already got a lot of rave reviews on Internet. However, recently, I found another candidate, that is Proac D25, which I can get with much lower price than the Mani 2. I wonder if the Proac is much sonically and musically inferior to the Mani? Anyone happen to hear both of the speakers please share some of your experience.
Thank you.
Huy.
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In a small room environment, here are three suggestions to navelgaze and hopefullybaudution, that may surprise (and please) you in no particular order. (1) JMR Bliss Silver .... efficient, engaging, and punching way above their weight class. Great reviews I heard them with quality build French electronics by AUDIO-MAT. Amherst Audio near Boston is the US importer and also a retailer. Contact them for further details. http://www.amherstaudio.com/?page_id=42 http://www.stereotimes.com/speak083010.shtml i am a REGA man myself but these JMRs are serious contenders in your price range worth looking at. (2) REGA RX3 / RS3 / R3 FWIW check out the smallest of REGA floorstanders , the "3" series in their various model incarnations. Highly recommended. The RX3 is the current, prior models were RS3s and R3s https://www.hifiwigwam.com/rx3-loudspeakers-reviewed-by-jason-kennedy/ (3) ATC SCM-11 http://www.whathifi.com/atc/scm-11-2013/ What HiFi 5 star rated standmounts in their price range Best standmounter £800-£1200, Awards 2015. Top class all-rounders whose subtlety and transparency remain untouched Read more at http://www.whathifi.com/atc/scm-11-2013/review#AKKx9fc5Vzvm3o3j.99 |
The Harbeth's P3's are closer to your stated price range than the C7's although even they are a little bit more. I haven't heard a speaker around 2K that I enjoyed as much as the P3's and I have been able to A-B them with the ProAcs. I set up my girlfriend's system with them and my old Bel Canto 300u and a decent pair of speaker cables and I was way more impressed with the results than I thought I would be. For the price, jaw dropping. I'm contemplating a similar rig for a second system for my place. Don't know how I'm going to get my Bel Canto back though. |
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