Ignore the negative comments about Philharmonic, they excellent speakers for not much money. Dennis Murphy has been designing speakers and crossovers for over 20 years, consulting and for Salk Sound and Philharmonic.
Considering the BMR Philharmonic Monitor speakers
I have a pair of CSS Audio 1-TDx monitor speaker that I like very much, but have for along time considered these Monitors. I am hoping to run them with my Don Sachs 2 preamp and a First Watt J2 amp, with 25 wpc of Class A power. I have other more power amps, but I really love the J2.
I'd be keen to get any impressions from others about their sound and performance and your thoughts on amp pairings.
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Have the BMR monitors for a few weeks and consider them outstanding. They replaced a pair of KEF 103.3 speakers I've had for over 30 years. They are on low wood platform / stools, Has to look acceptable to the wife as well. Put on a set of Isoacoustics Iso-pucks that don't have to be threaded into the speakers. Amp is a Hafler XL-280 and drives the BMR's without issue (except it's old tech). |
I bought the BMR Towers a month or so ago used and am loving them. I second everything @simonmoon wrote. I was having a bit of issue with some high end harshness that was more of the amp than the speakers and I seemed to have tamed it with copper speaker cables from Duelund. |
You don’t have enough power to run the BMRs. It’s not just softer, but you need current to control the lower bass unit in both starting and stopping/braking upon the return. |
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