Loudspeakers That Do It All
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Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Just goes to show that ‘one speaker which does it all’ is an impossible dream, because what constitutes ‘it all’ varies so wildly. I think Maggies do more of most things than the great majority of speakers, and B&W in their many forms have almost always failed to connect with me.
Tony L
Administrator
I suspect they are exactly where I’d end up in the current audio market if I ever really went shopping.
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
Perfect is an abstract concept with hi-fi in my mind.
My current speakers do not make me wish for more. Nowhere near perfect by any means - I do find that the better the source, the more the speakers step up.
Until I get a bigger music room, these are perfect enough.
Give it time though and anything is possible.
My current speakers do not make me wish for more. Nowhere near perfect by any means - I do find that the better the source, the more the speakers step up.
Until I get a bigger music room, these are perfect enough.
Give it time though and anything is possible.
Not sure where you're based Tony, but you'd be most welcome to pop in and have a play, if you ever find yourself over my way (Cambridge ish)
John
Rack’em Up!
I have Quads ESL-57’s, Tannoy DMT-15’s, Tannoy System 1000’s and ATC SCM-7’s. The Quads are now in storage, replaced by the DMT-15’s which have more scale and fill the large room better than the Quads. The Tannoy System 1000’s replaced a pair of SCM7’s that were used in a rather large rec room in my basement. Again the 1000’s have more scale and fit nicely in their location mounted on a wall. The SCM7’s sound very good in my three season porch where a loudspeaker any larger would not work size wise for that particular room.
I enjoy listening to all three systems but gravitate to the DMT 15’s when the opportunity presents itself. I’d consider the DMT 15’s a “do it all” loudspeaker in the right room.
I enjoy listening to all three systems but gravitate to the DMT 15’s when the opportunity presents itself. I’d consider the DMT 15’s a “do it all” loudspeaker in the right room.
A “laughably huge chink in their armour” for the 8014d is the supra 30K price tag.
tuga
Legal Alien
Without wishing to be too predictable, these do it all, and then some. Huge scale and dynamics, uncoloured, delicate and detailed, boxless from 90hz up, a true Omni that creates a huge soundfield.
The downside is that they needs a lot of space around them.
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
Ignoring the price tag, of course.
Richard Lines
pfm Member
Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
.... And yet, for Magneplanar fans (and fans of other panel speakers such as ESLs} all box loudspeakers share a huge, insurmountable flaw...... The box.
Witterings
Witterings
I don't think there's such a thing as a speaker that excels at everything but that's more down to the variation in recordings than the speakers.
I have a pair of ProAc D20r's but recently home trialed a pair of ATC SCM 40's using a speaker switch so I could go straight from one to the other.
Both amazing speakers but play a Genesis Album on the ATC's and the vocals are harsh and would very quickly give you listening fatigue but not so on the ProAc's .... Play The Carpenters greatest hits and the ProAc's become a bit too warm / muddy, switch to the ATC's and you're back in heaven.
They're both incredible speakers but they're also always going to be a compromise depending on the recording.
Manaufacturers maybe should look at and reduce the extremes at both ends ..... flip side of the same coin, would it then not excel at anything and just become safe / bland.
A tough call to get a happy medium that still excites.
I have a pair of ProAc D20r's but recently home trialed a pair of ATC SCM 40's using a speaker switch so I could go straight from one to the other.
Both amazing speakers but play a Genesis Album on the ATC's and the vocals are harsh and would very quickly give you listening fatigue but not so on the ProAc's .... Play The Carpenters greatest hits and the ProAc's become a bit too warm / muddy, switch to the ATC's and you're back in heaven.
They're both incredible speakers but they're also always going to be a compromise depending on the recording.
Manaufacturers maybe should look at and reduce the extremes at both ends ..... flip side of the same coin, would it then not excel at anything and just become safe / bland.
A tough call to get a happy medium that still excites.
Witterings
Witterings
If you've got tinnitus .... unfortunately there's absolutely nothing to like about them at all as they make it much worse / are unbearable but appreciate that's not everyone.
This mirrors my experience as well. Both Graham and Marten sound good but it will depend on the recording. Interestingly, some recordings sound warm / dull on the Graham and lit on the Marten while it is the other way round on other recordings. This phenomenon adds to my suspicion that a speaker that does it all doesn't exist unless one chooses to ignore the poor recordings, recordings which either sound too bright / harsh or warm / dull.
lawrence001
Basic Member
It looks like the aliens from the Simpsons landed and stole them.