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foiled again...

after thinking I had settled on a speaker, the Soliloquy 5.3...it just occured to me that I had been listening to them in a room where they were about 5 feet from the wall.

I've read multiple comments about these speakers needing room to breathe because of the rear ports. I don't really like stand mounted monitors. I think it's too hard to get the sub to integrate right most of the time.

Can anyone recommend another floorstander for under $2000 that is as good as the Soliloquy 5.3? I'm sure I'll get many responses here. I've also been considering the Silverline Sonatina II. I found a great price on some demos.

Anyone know if Vienna acoustics have this positioning problem?
gunbunny
sc53
689 posts
 
If the 5.3's sounded good, and you have some room to leave some air behind them in your room, you should go with them! You liked them! It is no harder to get a good sub to integrate w/monitors than w/floorstanders; the RELs, for example, have tons of fine tuning to accomplish this with any kind of speaker. As far as the Vienna Acoustics go, I don't believe they have rear ports, or need a ton of space behind them. The fact is there are a LOT of great speakers out there, but you have the great advantage of having heard the soliloquies. Did the dealer let you listen to them in your home? Or will he let you return them if you get them home and can't get them to sound right?
lordgorian
133 posts
 
If you were willing to go to 2500.00 i would buy the pair of talon peregrines with stands on audiogon right now. This is possibly the best deal i have ever seen on this site. I own the peregrine Xs and i love them. The peregrines are about 90% as good as the new ones. They have 20 hz bass and have a front firing port. I have them about 8 inches from the rear wall and about 3 inches from the side wall on terrible stands and they sound incredible. My room is very small as you can tell. They seriously compete with wilson watt puppy 6s very well. They are much better than B&W 802s and i prefer my peregrine Xs over dynaudio confidence 5s. They are also super easy to drive.
bbroussard
162 posts
 
Have your Soliloquy dealer move the 5.3s closer to the wall or even better take them home for a demo. They may sound a little better out in the middle of the room, but they may be fine in a more practical, closer to the wall, position. Unless your are going to wedge them into a corner, they should be fine closer to the back wall. I have my pair of 6.3s 12"-18" away from back wall with no problem.
gunbunny OP
43 posts
 
I can audition them in my home. Problem is, is I have to move quite a bit due to my job and I don't know if always would be able to get them away from the wall. I could position them so that the back of the speaker was 18-22" from the wall and it would look fine. My TV comes out about 2 feet from the wall. I love the 5.3 would really like to not have to worry about this.
kr4ef94
208 posts
 
The 5.3s are excellent and do require some space behind them to let the ports breath. For that purpose, 2 feet should do but more is better for the imaging in the rest of the audible range.

I also love the TacT but it cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and tranform a mediocre speaker. I've tried.
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