Need good quality stereo speakers $300 to $1000
Oct 3, 2005 at 10:30 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 19
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Hey, ever since I bought my Shure E5 canalphones, I cant tolerate all this crappy sound from systems like the Logitech Z640 5.1 or Sony EX71 headphones, or anything that sounds so nazal, shrill and insanely heavy on the bass.

I guess I'm willing to spend anything between $300 and $1000 on a pair of some of the better stereo speakers as I'm getting ear fatigue wearing my Shures all the time.

I have an M-Audio Revolution sound card capable of fairly high quality stereo sound, and that will be the sole output for the speakers, so I dont need a reciever, maybe an amp if its worth avoiding the preamps.

So at that budget, and considering the above, what would you recommend?
 
Oct 3, 2005 at 11:27 PM Post #3 of 19
Have you thought of Omega Speakers, they use a single drive design (no crossover needed). If not how about Klipsch. Both of these are very high efficiency, I am looking at the Omega 8's with an efficiency of 96dB/1watt at 1 meter.
 
Oct 3, 2005 at 11:33 PM Post #4 of 19
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Originally Posted by mrarroyo
Have you thought of Omega Speakers, they use a single drive design (no crossover needed). If not how about Klipsch. Both of these are very high efficiency, I am looking at the Omega 8's with an efficiency of 96dB/1watt at 1 meter.


Cant seem to find them in the UK and the best Klipsch I can find are the Klipsch GMX 2.1
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Anything else?
 
Oct 4, 2005 at 2:52 AM Post #8 of 19
Many high end speakers are single driver. It's a different philosophy of speaker design. Good full range drivers are amongst the most expensive drivers available, costing several hundred dollars each, to over a thousand dollars - just for a single raw driver. Many speakers are full range for the most part and add a super tweeter on top for the last octave or so. The Zu speakers are that way, for one.
 
Oct 4, 2005 at 8:30 AM Post #9 of 19
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Originally Posted by ooheadsoo
Many high end speakers are single driver. It's a different philosophy of speaker design. Good full range drivers are amongst the most expensive drivers available, costing several hundred dollars each, to over a thousand dollars - just for a single raw driver. Many speakers are full range for the most part and add a super tweeter on top for the last octave or so. The Zu speakers are that way, for one.


Well, I'm new to this, but I only see the dual driver design. A bigger driver and a tweeter. Sometimes a sub driver also.

I guess car speakers are single driver, but I havent heard any I actually enjoyed listening to.
 
Oct 4, 2005 at 12:30 PM Post #10 of 19
Oct 4, 2005 at 2:46 PM Post #11 of 19
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Originally Posted by James281
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DIY!
Building this 2 will set you at around 1K my friend build one set and they're amazing!
http://www.partsexpress.com/projects...mtm/index.html
http://www.partsexpress.com/projects...ake/index.html

for the drake i think the 1000 watt plate amp is over power for that sub i would probably go for a 500 watt plate amp


Hmm, there's an idea
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-- I'm quite good with tools, but never really made anything more than a $20 amplifier and I dont have a soldering iron at the moment.

What would you say is the probability I'll break something and let $1000 go to waste, lol?
 
Oct 4, 2005 at 2:51 PM Post #12 of 19
Take a look at the NHT powered monitor designed for professionals. NHT is well known for their hifi speakers.

http://nhtpro.com/products/m00.html
You'll want the matching subwoofer if you want any real bass
http://nhtpro.com/products/s00.html

It will be $1000 for the sub/monitor combination.
Reviews:http://nhtpro.com/reviews.html

I would not just use ANY bookshelf speaker as a computer monitor..because most bookshelf stereo speakers are not designed for monitoring......you should buy a monitor specifically designed for near-field listening like the NHT. The NHT has a toggle switch for near-field and mid-field.
 
Oct 4, 2005 at 3:47 PM Post #14 of 19
I second the Tannoy Fusion 2s. I got a pair about 3 months ago and have been extremely happy with them. I bought them at Frys on discount for $150 a pair, they retail for around $300. I should've bought two pairs for the price.
 
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