botrytis
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| Small floorstander recommendations I have some others to add to the list - if you can find them. They are: Rega Alya and Neat Loudspeaker's Elite. They are around the same price point as the others (maybe a little more - in line with the Linn Ninka's) and are really nice sounding a... | |
| Little Know Speaker Builders How about Royd Loudspeakers from England? They are handbuilt and sound fantastic for the money.They do retail in shops but there are not that many dealers in the States.Dave | |
| Speakers for Naim? If you lurk around the Naim forums - Royd Loudspeakers get mentioned quite often. Great speakers, nice sound and match well with Naim electronics. | |
| Has anyone heard the Swan Diva line of Speakers? David99,You can buy the tweeter at Audioexpress as well as the metal cone woofers - they are HiVi units.Dave | |
| Any Royd speaker fans out there? I have a set of Royd Doublets - actually the last ones that were for sale in North America. What amazing speakers!! THe doublets really out performed away the competition, IMHO, when I was auditioning speakers. The list was: VA Beethovens, Linn Ni... | |
| Small floorstander recommendations I have listened to the VA Bachs and found them very thumpy and loose in the bass department - not really what I expected from them.Another one to listen to is the Linn Ninka's - beautiful speaker cabinets!Dave | |
| Small floorstander recommendations It is a sad fact that you cannot find Royd Doublets anymore - they stopped producung them. I have a pair and they are amazing for a small floorstanding speaker. It will give many all you have mentioned a run for their money. I bought a pair for 13... | |
| Michigan - Any Interest? I wish everyone a great New Year! I would also like to announce the 2nd meeting of the Mid-Michigan Audio Society. This time the meeting will be held in Highland, MI on January 25th. Anybody interested in the details, please email me at: d.slomczy... | |
| Speakers that have holographic imaging on vocals.. I will add Royd speakers to this list. They do an amazing job on vocals and the 3D imaging is just amazing. | |
| Quality of Stereophile Class A speakers at 2K? I feel there is a 'snob' fest going on at Stereophile. I have listened to some of there rated 'class A' speakers and found them wholely lacking. I also notice they mainly rate the really expensive speakers higher than most of the lower end speaker... | |
| Michigan - Any Interest? I would like to ask if anybody would like to host our next meeting of the Mid-Michigan Audio Society. I think it would be great to have it after the Christmas holidays? If anybody is interested in volunteering, just let me know by email.Thnaks!!Dave | |
| Upgrade my Monitor audio Studio 12 What size is your room? What equipment do you have?I could certainly suggest speakers to try - the new Monitor Audio Silver S line is a great place to start - big improvement over older lines. You could try JMLabs Cobalt line - very efficient but ... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE It is interesting to read everyone posts/opinions. I really don't think speaker design has really changed much - materials on the cones, maybe, but they are basically put together in the same way. It still is an art to design a speaker properly. A... | |
| Michigan - Any Interest? Even though we had a small group, the 1st meeting of the Mid-Michigan Audio Society was a success. I want to thank all the people who came - you made it really a wonderful experience. Now, we need to plan our next meeting - where do we want to hol... | |
| How long it take to run in brand new loudspeaker? I recently heard the new Monitor Audio Silver S line of speakers and they sounded fantastic right out of the box. I mean they were unpacking them before I listened to them. There have been many threads on different forums on this exact topic and I... |