What would you suggest bookshelf/stand wise instead of those Dalis if paring with the suggested setup? Not big on their aesthetic.
Looking for a 2.1 setup for music and home theater
A friend randomly offered to buy my current Klipsch Icon KF28 Best Buy specials and energy sub and I have been toying with getting something much nicer for a while. So here I am.
I have a yamaha RXV477 that I will look to sell off as well to move to something better to pair with a new set of speakers.
I’m mostly concerned with music listening. I have alll 16 or 24 bit recordings for playback from a current gen mac mini. I’ll be purely digitally sourced. I do not plan to add a turntable.
I listen to jam bands, jazz, funk, downtempo/ambient, post rock, rock, 60’s-90’s stuff, bluegrass, some classical.
The room is 15 x 20 with a vaulted ceiling. We rent here so I could, and likely will be in the next 6 months or so, moving to something without a vaulted ceiling.
I’m looking for recommenced pairings for 2.1 speaker setup, amplification and DAC. Perfectly okay with integrated amp as long as it’s a good pairing.
I’m okay with buying used.
Budget is ~$4k.
I have a yamaha RXV477 that I will look to sell off as well to move to something better to pair with a new set of speakers.
I’m mostly concerned with music listening. I have alll 16 or 24 bit recordings for playback from a current gen mac mini. I’ll be purely digitally sourced. I do not plan to add a turntable.
I listen to jam bands, jazz, funk, downtempo/ambient, post rock, rock, 60’s-90’s stuff, bluegrass, some classical.
The room is 15 x 20 with a vaulted ceiling. We rent here so I could, and likely will be in the next 6 months or so, moving to something without a vaulted ceiling.
I’m looking for recommenced pairings for 2.1 speaker setup, amplification and DAC. Perfectly okay with integrated amp as long as it’s a good pairing.
I’m okay with buying used.
Budget is ~$4k.
- ...
- 12 posts total
With your preferred music, I'd look to ATC. Here's a nice pair of SCM40s v2 in your price range, shipped from God knows where, but they have good feedback and $190 to ship. They require a bit of power, and maybe @audiotroy can recommend a good amp for these since I believe they sell ATC. Great speakers! Best of luck. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis94a3j-atc-scm-40-passive-in-cherry-full-range |
The Quad Z2 are amazing sounding they were $2500 now $2k add a $1k Paradigm Defiance sub which is shockingly good for $1k or the larger 12 inch for $1299 and you will have one terrific package. The Quad Z2 uses an extraordinary Ribbon tweeter that is smooth yet with superb detail and the speaker throws a huge soundstage. The Quad loudspeakers have won numerous awards in the UK for their stunning sound quality. http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/product-detail.php?pid=30 https://www.paradigm.com/en/ported/defiance-x12 Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ Quad and Paradigm Dealers |
- 12 posts total