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I currently listen to a wonderful (but dated) Infinity RS-1B system that has given me some great enjoyment. Due ot a move to a smaller home (and therefore listening room...10 by 20) and some extra cash....I am now in search of updating the speakers. Hre is my question......taking to mind the stage, depth and bass of the RS 1's .... I paln to audion the following speakers.... Acarian Alon Circe Wilson Watt Puppy 6 Verity Parsifal Vandersteen 5 Horning Piega 10 Genesis 501 Egglesto Andra Sonus Faber (20k verson) What are your comments, dear amigos' and do you have any other suggestions.....I am trying to keep size to a minimum.
rwd
joe_coherent
130 posts
 
In that price category the Vandersteen 5's are almost unbeatable. Stay away from the incohherent speakers that use high order crossovers, like the Revels, ProAcs, etc. They sound great in the dealers room and become fatiguing at home. They are not "right" ! I would add to the Vandersteen the Thiels 6 and 7.2, the SoundLabs electrostatic, the Sonus Fabers, the avalon Eidolon, the smaller Pipe Dreams. There are others which I have not heard which seem worth listening.
pops
1,847 posts
 
Hey Brulee, what's up - I'm hangin.
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dekay
2,959 posts
 
Rwd: If possible in your area try and audition the higher end Reynaud speakers. They are all supposed to be musical instead of HiFi. I own their cheapest model and could not be happier with the sound.
sedond
1,314 posts
 
hi joe_c,

dint ya say a while back that yer an all-digital man? and that ya don't care for toobs or preamps? i guess this would explain, at least to me, anyways, why ewe like the vandy's. no offense meant, cuz i know that vandersteen has a big following, but i never liked any of their speakers - too syrupy/bland, not much soundstage, not very revealing - gimme a proac *any* day! ;~) perhaps they can be synergistically mated nicely w/digital & solid-state equipment...

regards, doug

tomryan
794 posts
 
The Vandy 5s are musical (i heard them recently), I've never heard a pair or Thiels that were. It's all about musicality, do the speakers make music or do they make "accurate sound"? Personally, I'd go for the music; go for the Proacs or Vandys
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