Needing to replace thirty year old speakers.


I have a thirty year old pair of Canton ergo 80 speakers. I 

never felt they were that good. My current system includes

a Chronus magnum dark integrated amplifier, a Cambridge 

audio can v2 streamer and two Svs 2000 pro subs. The

Chronic dark replaced an Adcom 555-2 amplifier and an

Adcom 565 preamplifier. I always thought the Adcom 

equipment sounded harsh in the upper midrange. The

Chronic solved that problem. It is better than the Adcom

equipment in every way. I like speakers that are slightly 

warm sounding but still give detail. My budget is around 

$5,000, maybe a little more. What speakers would sound

good with my setup? If a recommended speaker allowed 

Me to delete the subs, my wife would be happy 😊 

mbruflodt25

Adcom, blast from the past....  I serviced my old Adcoms and moved them to my Home theater... - GFA 585, GFA 5503.  I am running two tube amps now in monoblock mode - McIntosh Mc275s...   I went from Martin Logan electrostats with a separate sub-woofer to just Tower speakers.  In my case, Wilson W/P 8.  A subwoofer was not needed anymore.   So, in my opinion, if you want to get rid of your sub woofer, look for tower speakers with two woofers that are at least 8 inches, ie.  minimum 2 woofers, a mid, and a tweeter.  Note: your Canton ergo 80 are towers with two woofers and with a similar configuration I articulated, so, they should have been putting out some good bass.  So, I am not convinced that modern towers would produce enough bass for you.  You may not be able to get rid of your sub-woofer unless you go with big expensive tower speakers with more than 2 woofers.

I would recommend Sonus Faber… buy used… so you can get something like Olympica 3… you will be astonished at the wonderful natural, musical sound with detail over your old speakers.