My Father uses Studio's for his center and two surrounds in his combo HT / 2 channel system. His mains are Legacy 1's, which are earlier versions of the Legacy Classic.
Quite honestly, i think that the Studio's sound better in most respects than the larger floorstanders. Legacy's larger speakers ( except for the Whisper and possibly the newer Focus 20/20 ) all have a problem with "bass bloat" to a very noticeable degree. The smaller driver in the smaller box does not seem to suffer from this to any great degree. Obviously, the 1's have greater bass output and extension, but at the expense of lower quality.
Having said that, i don't think that the Studio's are bad speakers at all. They may be the best that Legacy has to offer. My only concerns with buying these would be the internals i.e. quality of connections made, wiring / crossover parts used, etc... I've seen the insides of a few different Legacy speakers and they look better / more consistent on the outsides than they do on the insides.
Like Larry above though, i have not compared them to the VS speakers though. My guess is that the Legacy's may have a little more "grunt" whereas the VS's are probably a little more refined. Just a guess though. Sean
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Quite honestly, i think that the Studio's sound better in most respects than the larger floorstanders. Legacy's larger speakers ( except for the Whisper and possibly the newer Focus 20/20 ) all have a problem with "bass bloat" to a very noticeable degree. The smaller driver in the smaller box does not seem to suffer from this to any great degree. Obviously, the 1's have greater bass output and extension, but at the expense of lower quality.
Having said that, i don't think that the Studio's are bad speakers at all. They may be the best that Legacy has to offer. My only concerns with buying these would be the internals i.e. quality of connections made, wiring / crossover parts used, etc... I've seen the insides of a few different Legacy speakers and they look better / more consistent on the outsides than they do on the insides.
Like Larry above though, i have not compared them to the VS speakers though. My guess is that the Legacy's may have a little more "grunt" whereas the VS's are probably a little more refined. Just a guess though. Sean
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