Speakers to hang on to for LIFE


After 9 years with my Proac Response 3s, I recently decided to change speakers. As you can tell, I'm not an upgrade fever patient. I want something I can live with for years & I think the best advice I'm gonna get will be from those who have & are still living with their speakers for an extended period of time. Please tell me why too. Thanks.Bob.
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I was fortunate enough to find a pair of Ocellia Tilias on Audiogon, and they are music incarnate. I am not even slightly tempted to try their more expensive fare since I know that just because a particular product has the right "magic" it doesn't mean that the higher priced models are better. Often the opposite is true.
Not much later I got a pair of Diatone P610MA drivers in Wood B. Lansing BR enclosures (from EIFL, Japan) that I have been using in my video rig, mated to two Carver Original Subs, to watch TV, listen to music, and burn in any amp I get before I decide if the amp is a keeper.
Both of these speakers portray a very natural tone and image, qualities extremely hard to find in this world of ours.
The greatest fun I get from these speakers when they make me turn around to listen when I am at my desk trying to get some work done, or backtrack a movie to make sure what I heard was what I heard. It always makes me laugh.
Be well, and thanks for reading...
I would go with the B&W matrix 800's as well, I sold a set and am really sorry.
Some other fine ones are the EPS Montana line (from what I remember hearing)
After playing on the music-go-round for a number of years I've settled on the Shihinian Arc's. I don't have a large space to fill with music and am not interested in pin point accuracy. The soundstage is marvelous and I've yet to tire of my set-up.
Altough Shihinian has recently, for the first time ever, upgraded the Oblisk's.
I've very tempted.
Gershman Sonogram - just purchased these and I think I will be their owner for many years to come.

I do not have the luxury of a large room, but wanted floor standers and as it turns out these are one of the best I have heard in a very long while. Easy to place (i.e. they don't mind corners), very fast, reasonably sensitive, nice frequency range, gorgeous sound stage and extremely musical.