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In Reply to: RE: My Small Room Experiences posted by Sibelius on July 02, 2009 at 13:51:58
Thank you everyone for the advice. I sure do appreciate it. The big problem I'm Having is that there are just to many choices and no realistic way to hear them all before I decide.
I do like the Reynaud sound musetap, and the Trente was my dream speaker when I originally purchased the Twin's, it was just outside my budget at the time. The Duet might be a really good choice. The descriptions I've read sound as though they might have turned this speaker from a sleeper into a true giant.
I also appreciate your comments sibelius about a speaker having to high a sensitivity as honestly, it's not something I had given a great deal of thought. I know specs cannot always tell the whole story and I dont really listen all that loud, but I do like to crank up some Meat Puppets or Funkadelic every now and then so I'm not sure if the lower sensitivity of the Spendor or Harbeth would be a major limiting factor. Possibly not.
Furnishings and small room size do make a difference! But yes 90db in a small room is indeed quite loud! Maybe I should convince Jay at Audio Revelation to get a pair of NP2.0's for me to hear. I think the Symbol might be more money than I want to spend.
I have a feeling that the Harbeth, although I'm sure quite amazing might be a little too small. As Jeffrey Catalano put it in a recent conversation the one big drawback with most small monitor's is that they sound like they have their cheeks clenched tight. Very true. Some small speakers don't have the ability to swell up and get big when the music demands. They sound as if they are constantly holding their breath.
Thanks for the advice everyone and I'll keep you posted!
BTW, not much mention of the Devore or Odeon. Has anyone heard these?
I got lucky when I was auditioning speakers. My dealer carried Avalon, Quad, ProAc, Joseph Audio (another good slim floor stander) and at the time had a pair of Verity speakers. I'd heard JM Labs, Alon, Paradigm, PSB, Totem, B&W (which I was replacing). I finally found a sound I liked in Avalon (well, I REALLY liked the Quads, but no way I had the room for them), and one Saturday they had the just introduced Symbols in their listening room. As I said, perfect size, great sound.
Even if you live in an area like I do where there are lots of dealers to sample from it's a really difficult task to audition speakers. Since I've lost my room and all my gear is packed in the closet I've moved to headphones, something I never thought I'd do. I'll tell you, they are much easier to audition; order from Amazon or Headroom, listen, decide, return, repeat until satisfied.
My best advice would be to be patient and don't buy something until you find a speaker you really like, especially at the $ you are looking to spend.
Best of luck.
Good advice Sibelius. Sometimes instant gratification is a hard to resist. There are a lot of very nice speakers out there. The Quads are some of my favorites too.
Since the subject of Reynauds has already been introduced here, I'm not sure whether this is outside the rules or not, but what I'd suggest, IF you decide to stick with JMR's, are Cantabile Signatures, rather than Duets. Duets are fine but based on what you say, you might find the Cantabs more suitable. They are a somewhat more refined version of a Trente in a floorstander. Very easy to drive. If they kill this post, post a question to inmate Budrew, who has these speakers and can give you an unbiased assessment.
Edits: 07/02/09
Thanks Bob. I will ask him.
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