JoeJoe
pfm Member
...and it’s only taken 20 years, lol! And thinking about it, 20 sets of speakers too! Hmmmm, I must be a sucker for punishment?! Though, it hasn’t been punishment, as I’ve had a very enjoyable time over the decades.
They’ve all been standmounts. I’ve had, Spendors, ProAcs, Harbeths, Dynaudios, Wharfedale, Q Acoustics, Leema (original Xen), Q-Acoustics, Tannoy and Linn.
Real standouts were Proac 1sc, Leema Xen, Spendor S3/5se and Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary.
However, the ones that are my new keepers are Graham Audio Chartwell LS6. What a speaker! BBC lineage here (though, not a licensed design) and that heritage sound DNA runs through these fairly large standmounts. There’s bass though, and what a quality of bass. I’m truly happy with these, they do it all, they sound like ls3/5’s but with the depth presence that (for me) was always missing from the smaller derivatives that I’ve owned, namely Spendor S3/5 and Harbeth PS3 and Monitor 30.1’s
If anyone here is thinking about Harbeth Monitor 30.1’s or Dynaudio Special 40’s ( and others at that price point ) I can heartily recommend an audition to add to the fun and confusion.
Along with Graham Audio, has anyone here listened to Stirling Broadcast or Falcon too? I hear they are really becoming viable alternatives to Proac, Spendor and Harbeth also?
They’ve all been standmounts. I’ve had, Spendors, ProAcs, Harbeths, Dynaudios, Wharfedale, Q Acoustics, Leema (original Xen), Q-Acoustics, Tannoy and Linn.
Real standouts were Proac 1sc, Leema Xen, Spendor S3/5se and Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary.
However, the ones that are my new keepers are Graham Audio Chartwell LS6. What a speaker! BBC lineage here (though, not a licensed design) and that heritage sound DNA runs through these fairly large standmounts. There’s bass though, and what a quality of bass. I’m truly happy with these, they do it all, they sound like ls3/5’s but with the depth presence that (for me) was always missing from the smaller derivatives that I’ve owned, namely Spendor S3/5 and Harbeth PS3 and Monitor 30.1’s
If anyone here is thinking about Harbeth Monitor 30.1’s or Dynaudio Special 40’s ( and others at that price point ) I can heartily recommend an audition to add to the fun and confusion.
Along with Graham Audio, has anyone here listened to Stirling Broadcast or Falcon too? I hear they are really becoming viable alternatives to Proac, Spendor and Harbeth also?