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Your Opinion: Coincident Vs. Silverline?

Hi, I'd appreciate your opinions on Coincident speakers and Silverline speakers in general for a system I'm putting together. I listen mostly to jazz and rock at moderate volume levels and what I appreciate is a transparent, detailed, musical presentation. My budget is flexible, the only stipulation is the speakers would need to be fairly close (12" max) to the rear wall and my listening room has furniture and all maner of things in a normal living room. Thanks!
steinway57
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Resisting the monitor suggestion, I see...

I believe any full range floorstander, regardless of brand, is going to have problems with a bass hump due to the reinforcing nature of the rear wall being in close proximity to the woofers. If you do choose full range speakers, you ought to avoid those that are rear ported. Some Silverline models are designed this way. I'm not that familiar with Coincident, but I do know several models have side firing woofers, which can also result in tricky placement issues.

On the other hand, monitors can benefit from rear wall reinforcement.

Another option is to buy whatever full range speakers you like and tweak the bass hump with an equalizer.

Those are both good manufacturers of very nice speakers though.
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pehare
639 posts
 
Coincident recommends at least 18" from rear wall.
mapleleafs3
190 posts
 
I own Coincident speakers and have heard the Silverline Sonata's and some of their other models. Both are very nice and will give you speakers you can live with for a long time.

For your room I would go with Coincidents, the Side firing woffers will give you more flexibility. I have mine about 18
" from the the side wall.

The Super Eclipse are as good a speaker as you can buy . Great value for you money. Thier high Efficinency will also allow you a very wide choice of amps.

You cant go wrong with either brand.
david12
1,398 posts
 
I am making a similar search and am looking at similar speakers. I would love to go for Coincident, but simply can't accomodate them. On discussion with the dealer, the conclusion was the farther out from the wall the better, complicating that is the side firing woofers make them very deep anyway. I have narrowed down to Silverline Sonatas, but I also like the look of a small outfit Reimer and their Wind River speakers. You might look at their site too, similar tube friendly, high sensitivity
mapleleafs3
190 posts
 
David12 . I belive you have beem misled. The side firing woffer are a plus, not a negative. I suggest you will be happier with a Super Eclipse VS the Sonata's. Have heard them both and the SE is better by far.
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