markm1
Headphoneus Supremus
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I don't know how end you are thinking, but you may want to check out Monitor Audio Speakers....British company. I did some research and, after a lot of time spent at a couple of audio/home theater stores locally whose opinions I trust, I picked up the Monitor RX-1. I've been assembling a speaker and headphone rig at the same time and have definitely had to budget one component at a time.
The Monitor RX-1s are shelf speakers that I'm using in a computer/office/spare bedroom. I'm quite happy with them. If I could have afforded more, sure I would have gone for it. But, new within the $500-1K range, I think they're quite good. If I wanted to spring $1100-1400 ( I don't remember exactly) I could have gone with full standing speakers. But, I don't really need them for my needs-small space. Dropping over 1K would have been a fight w/ my better half, so I cut my losses. I know some of you probably spend several K on speakers, but that's just not in the cards for me.
Plus, I want to upgrade my receiver to an integrated amp, get a nice DAC and think about a higher end CDP.....competing interests.....Rome wasn't built in a day, and I'm not going to drop multiple K's for speakers right now.
Anyhoo, I ended up dropping $700 and I'm happy with solid medium fi. If I were to do it again, I might look at the RX-2 for a slightly larger shelf speaker w/ a bit more bass....another $100-but I'm good with what I've got.
Some do. There is no affordable Rockport or Estelon. PSB speakers though are quite reasonably priced and excellent for a large, mainstream speaker co. Some of the PMC, and ProAC models aren't too expensive. Fritz and Odyssey both sell direct and both have very affordable options.
I don't know how end you are thinking, but you may want to check out Monitor Audio Speakers....British company. I did some research and, after a lot of time spent at a couple of audio/home theater stores locally whose opinions I trust, I picked up the Monitor RX-1. I've been assembling a speaker and headphone rig at the same time and have definitely had to budget one component at a time.
The Monitor RX-1s are shelf speakers that I'm using in a computer/office/spare bedroom. I'm quite happy with them. If I could have afforded more, sure I would have gone for it. But, new within the $500-1K range, I think they're quite good. If I wanted to spring $1100-1400 ( I don't remember exactly) I could have gone with full standing speakers. But, I don't really need them for my needs-small space. Dropping over 1K would have been a fight w/ my better half, so I cut my losses. I know some of you probably spend several K on speakers, but that's just not in the cards for me.
Plus, I want to upgrade my receiver to an integrated amp, get a nice DAC and think about a higher end CDP.....competing interests.....Rome wasn't built in a day, and I'm not going to drop multiple K's for speakers right now.
Anyhoo, I ended up dropping $700 and I'm happy with solid medium fi. If I were to do it again, I might look at the RX-2 for a slightly larger shelf speaker w/ a bit more bass....another $100-but I'm good with what I've got.