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| Floorstanding towers I second the Vandersteen recommendation. Would also suggest Magnepan (Several new or used models in your price range), or a used pair of Quad ESLs, either the 57 or 63 (and its later derivatives). Dipoles do really nice things vis-a-vis room int... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? I’ll also go with Quad ESL 57s. As long as you pay attention you won’t arc a panel - the sound starts getting "hard" sounding - as any speaker does when you overdrive it - long before damage happens. | |
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! The NAD 3020 is only 20 watts, but has a really stiff power supply. It ... might ... be OK with Elacs. I'd definitely have the soft clipping feature turned on, though. | |
| I've decided to try Tubes Here's another vote for Quicksilver. Any of their monoblocks will work ... you might even try the horn monos with your very efficient speakers. They're as uncolored as solid state, but with all the palpability and liquidity that makes tubes spe... | |
| Have you ever tried a pair of speakers and said this Is the last thing I will ever need. Sure. Quad ESL 57s. After a few weeks I added Townsend supertweeters and a pair of REL subwoofs, but basically ... it was the perfect system.If I get rich again, I'll buy a newly refurbished stacked set of 4 from Quads Unlimited (or the German c... | |
| Speaker upgrade... To me, the issue with the Dunlevy's is that they're too laid-back. But they do tons of other things well. I can understand wanting to upgrade, but suspect it'll take a lot of auditioning before you find something that's genuinely better, rather ... | |
| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers On the low end, NADs are a good match, and I'll also second the Quicksilvers.If you go tubes, the Zero Impedance autoformers might prove useful. |