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In Reply to: So which tall, 3 way did you buy instead, and from where? posted by suits_me on February 15, 2007 at 15:14:59:
I haven't purchased anything yet. I wanted to buy the Vandersteen 3A Sigs from my local dealer but my girfriend said no way those ugly things are ending up in my living room. I love the musicality of the likes of Spendor, Sonus Faber etc. I also like tall speakers because short singers irritate me. There are not that many tall 3 ways (42" +) around for under $5K. I may have to consider something a little shorter with a 6" stand. The good thing about my speaker hunt right now is I know within 10 minutes if a speaker will work for me. That is because I find most speakers too bright for my tastes and music. If a speaker is "right" then I'd generally want to listen to it for at least a couple of hours to ensure no listening fatigue.
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Not warm, maybe, but with level controls and some low end tune-ablity. Could be fatiguing in the sense that they are revealing....
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When my wife and I went looking for speakers that we considered to be a bit on the warm side of neutral, musical, and nonfatiguing, we found these qualities in products offered by Vienna Acoustics, Sonus Faber, and Vandersteen. We were all set to purchase the latter's 3A Signature when, out of curiosity, we visited a dealer that had Polk's then-new audiophile line, the LSi models.To our astonishment, to our ears, the Polk LSi-25 outperformed all the previous speakers we auditioned. We bought a pair and have been delighted with them.
Driven by a Quad 99 preamp and Quad 909 power amp, they provide rich, smooth, and detailed sonics with a wide, deep, and tall soundstage on rock, pop, and classical music, plus movies on DVD. You can listen to them for as long as desired and never become fatigued (assuming, of course, that the upstream components are nonfatiguing, too). Unlike the Vandersteens, the Polk LSi-25s have a very generous sweetspot and are not fussy about setup to achieve optimal sonics (they sound best when pointed at the listening seat). Also, my wife loves their appearance.
I strongly recommend you try to find a pair to audition.
Ditch the girlfriend, or get yourself a dedicated listening room!
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