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Bookshelf speaker recommendations

I am in the need for some recommendation for bookshelf speakers in a small room(10x10). I currently have the Paradigm Mini Monitor v3 and for the price are good sounding speakers but they are way too midbass heavy like boxy sounding. A few options I was looking was the Dynaudio Audience 42 or 52 or even the Contour 1.1. I listening to everything but mostly rock and country. Every once in a while I like listening to vocals and acoustic instruments.

This will be powered by an Acurus A150 amplifier with a Rotel RC-995 preamp. My source is strictly lossless files and some streaming. 

My budget is around 1.2k.

highend64
soix
11,247 posts
 

Here are a couple that should be a considerable step up in overall sound quality…

https://nowlistenhere.net/Products/DEMO-Totem-Bison-Monitor-speakers__TOT-BISON-MON-DEMO.aspx
 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186624117329
 

Best of luck.

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doyle3433
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Reportedly the MoFi Source Point 8 is the bees knees. I finally got to hear the bigger 10's at the FLA show and they were indeed impressive. 

Also some of the offerings from Fyne are supposed to be pretty killer. I'm a fan of dual concentric designs. 

freediver
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I am a big fan of Dynaudio..Started with Audience 42>Audience 52>Audience 52SE>Excite X14 & now have Excite X18's in my bedroom system..Stay AWAY from ALL the old series Dynaudio's like Audience 42/52,Excite X12 or C1.1...These were the last series that followed the old Dynaudio mid bass hump/bass heavy tone that you are already dealing with...With the Excite X14's Dynaudio tuned the voice for less of a bass heavy sound to a more neutral,detailed & slightly lush tone..
 A gently used pair of Evoke 10's will put you where you want to be tonally...
 Here is a FANTASTIC deal on a beautiful Walnut pair(NO affiliation with seller)..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/296623873854?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=fxduz_YSQBu&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=ahWvhnQsSf-&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

deep_333
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I currently have the Paradigm Mini Monitor v3 and for the price are good sounding speakers but they are way too midbass heavy like boxy sounding. A few options I was looking was the Dynaudio Audience 42 or 52 or even the Contour 1.1.

Assuming you’ve already exhausted all feasible placement options (positional eq) with you and your speaker, just get a affordable streamer like the Wiim Pro Plus....or A Wiim Ultra. Such full featured streamers are good for a lossless digital files and some streaming kinda guy like yourself.

They come with several bands of parametric EQ. You could bop some midbass band down, adjust Qs, etc, etc and tailor the Paradigm to your taste.

 

 

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