Speaker recommendation for married couple

The only way you will know the sound quality of a particular speaker is to change only the speaker with the same electronics.

I am not a Harbeth fan, I prefer ATC to Harbeth, but that is not the point, your mistake is thinking that you have to shop used.

We and other area dealers have demo products that you can purchase for less, and in that way you can still here a good representative sampling of products which is impossible to purchase that way on the used market. 

 Your best resource is to find a good dealer and demo a bunch of speakers in your price range that both you and your wife like. 

You also need to be cognizant of the electronics can change the sound therefore you should either bring your own electonics

I like Audiogon forums; it’s a great forum where fellow enthusiasts can talk and share there experience and seek the insights of others with the same passion. And although I show a limited post count and limited member lifespan, I’ve been around here for about a decade (had to change my account since it was tied to my prior work email.)

So anyway - Since when did the forums here become a place where dealers could blatantly (or even more subtly) shill for their businesses?

Glad to see that AT’s post from a prior thread was deleted (perhaps he did that on his own out of good taste and/or self-awareness, perhaps it was the moderators, who knows) but I will say - All the passion and knowledge in the world can still leave a bad taste in someone’s mouth in an open forum like this where it’s obvious that it’s from a dealer pushing their business this hard.

AT has not necessarily made bad points or necessarily given bad advice, but the ulterior motives as of late have really been difficult to overlook, at least for me. Perhaps he’s a good guy In person but ....

Sorry for the rant guys and perhaps I should have directed this privately to the AG team instead but I’m not sure that all members and readers here are fully aware.

Greg

EDIT - In full disclosure I'll admit I haven't read the site policies pertaining to dealers so perhaps AT is well within AG's allowances for dealers and/ or product promotion.

I personally don't have a problem with dealers posting here as long as their input is objectively their opinion or experience. The dealers generally have a much broader exposure to different brands and models so it would be counterintuitive to not solicit input from folks who can contribute most, at least in theory.

My wife loved my old Martin Logan reQuests, with their full body and pleasing detail, yet not overly sibilant sound.  That is, until we put in hardwood floors at our former home.  They simply were too big for the room.  

When I bought a pair of used Von Schweikert VR-5 HSE speakers, she loved the lifelike detail, looks and smaller size.  Personally, I loved the transparency, detail and midrange much better than the reQuests, but the lack of lower end troubled me.  In all fairness, I was using a passive preamp and when I had a LampizatOr Amber DAC with boosted gain, I felt that lower end jump a bit.  However, when I upgraded to the LampizatOr Lite 7 DAC, the lower end was problematic until I purchased a Hsu Research ULS-15 Mk II subwoofer.  Problem solved!  In our room, it really shines on all sorts of music.  From what I recently saw, there is a pair for sale right now.  

Cheers,


Juan 

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