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RE: best speakers under $500 (including used & kits)

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In Reply to: RE: best speakers under $500 (including used & kits) posted by thump on November 28, 2017 at 16:05:22

I wonder if you might be generalizing about speaker sound based solely on tweeter type and box type. I think implementation is more important.
You like dance music but some speakers you mention like the Celestions and Spicas are IMHO rather poor at that. Not sure if that would even matter with dance music if it is good enough for dancing that you would even want to sit still and try to find some imaging in there somewhere.
I would be looking for some used Dynaudios if you can find some in your price range. Or you could check out some cheap powered studio monitors with frequency response adjustments on the back(JBL, Yamaha, Emotiva, Adam, etc.) from stores that have great return policies.

Edits: 11/30/17

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RE: best speakers under $500 (including used & kits) - thump 14:03:12 11/30/17 (0)
in my experience, soft domes just can't handle metallic percussion like metal domes (NHT classics, my former energys, B&W, paradigm & MB quart/dayton titanium) and "ribbons (maggie & EMITs) the same way ported woofers can't thump in the bass.
i loved my NHT superzeros. they are excellent speakers with ZERO resonance issues, a very neutral tonal balance, great imaging and a musical (forgiving) sound, but they just couldn't match their own brand aluminum domes and the others mention in the speed & detail department any more than my JBL & mission bookshelves with soft domes could.
i used to hate metal domes when they first came out, & NHT classics are aluminum resonant too, but the best ones today, especially the same titanium domes used in axioms, are very nice sounding without the resonances early ones had
i don't JUST listen to dance music. i love a wide variety of music and mostly just hate anger music (metal, industrial, gangsta etc.), opera, showtunes, MOST jazz, & bagpipes. i listen to a lot of bachelor pad, oldies, big band, world beat, and a fair amount of classical too.
SOME of my "hi-fi" reference discs are:
rhythms - badi assad
DSoM - pink floyd (harvest AND a dual layer SACD)
gravikords, whirlies & pyrophones - VA compilation
the best of both worlds (hannibal/rykodisc) - VA compilaton
planet drum - michey hart
drumming - evelin glennie
the big bang (?) - rykodisc 3cd drumming compilation
the best of sade
BBC orchestra 3cd big band compilation
&
chants of india - ravi shenkar & george harrison
i don't dance at home or even play music loud, since now at least, as i've always lived in apartments, but still get into atomic dog etc.

Edits: 11/30/17

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