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Check out the Green Mountain Audio and Tyler Acoustic speaker lines. They should both have a few speakers in your price range (whatever it is).
Originally Posted by 1911 what about boston acoustics bookshelfs? |
Originally Posted by Sleestack Merlin TSM MXs are da nutz... but they do come with a full range price tag. |
Originally Posted by aerius I must be about the only person around that hates the Merlin TSM. Dry, analytical, boring, and lacking in bass weight & dynamics. Reminds me too much of the Grado HP-1000 series, but at least the HP-1000 has bass dynamics. Yes the TSM is pretty clean & smooth, but to me it sounds lean and dead unless cranked to the 80-90dB range, much louder than I'd ever listen. Might be because they use Dynaudio drivers, and I've hated every Dynaudio speaker I've heard other than the Special 25. |
Originally Posted by warpdriver Why does it have to be bookshelf? By the time you get a bookshelf that has great low end impact and dynamics, you should just spring for a floorstander. |
Originally Posted by djbnh I haven't heard a bookshelf that can bring the bottom range by itself.. |
Originally Posted by djbnh There's some wisdom in the statement above. I haven't heard a bookshelf that can bring the bottom range by itself. Perhaps bookshelf speakers + sub. But at that point, perhaps you circle back to the quote above again. Good luck... |
Originally Posted by aerius I did some listening to Totem speakers a while back, impressions here. Since then I've heard a few more of their floorstanders and remain unimpressed to say the least. The only models which I think are worth buying are the Wind and the Mani-2, the rest of them are handily outperformed by other speakers in their price range. Even the Mani-2 is on shaky ground since it requires a lot of power and hefty stands, and it's not exactly a small speaker. The Living Voice Avatar takes up about the same floor space, is far more efficient, and kills it in speed, detail, and soundstaging. It does cost $1000-2000 more the last time I checked, but to me it's well worth it. |