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Best Speakers under 1k for me

Hey guys, so my birthday is coming up and I want to put some money towards a new speaker purchase. My current setup is Chromecast-Topping D30-LM3886 Chip amp (in progress)-Q Acoustics Concept 20.

I've been hearing great things about the lxmini's and Zu audio Omen. My room is about 11x13ft and one half of my front wall is a double pane window. I can build another amp pretty cheaply for biamping.

What do you think? I'd prefer to not use a separate subwoofer.
jakelek10
jakelek10 OP
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Those Dali Oberons are gorgeous though, shame their not active. Seems like DSP crossovers are the way to go nowadays.

Kef LS50w looks very tempting, and I can spend my amp budget on that.
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shkong78
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https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis961g3-tekton-design-impacts-including-shipping-paypal-fees-moni...

This used one is on sale at 1,200$ slightly over your budget.

But this one will be good.


https://hometheaterreview.com/tekton-design-impact-monitor-bookshelf-speaker-reviewed/

https://www.stereophile.com/content/tekton-design-impact-monitor-loudspeaker


johnnyb53
3,510 posts
 
There is a nice selection of fully warranted floorstanders for $1K or less, including:


The Emotiva T1 got a really favorable review in The Absolute Sound. They also feature folded ribbon tweeters that are nicely extended, fast, and really smooth at the same time.

tomcarr
1,468 posts
 
Another vote for ELACs
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jmolsberg
467 posts
 
Jake, I'd jump on these. I am an omega fanboy. They play nicely w chip amps 
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=159971.0

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