Obviously speakers are a highly personal thing, but the key indicator for me is how long you keep them.
SARAs well applied don't honk.I owned active Sara’s for about 15 years. Honk honk.
My eldest son has them now. I’m a bad dad.
I use the LRS with an REL T5i. Nice combo as the 5i is responsive and can keep up with the LRS.For those advocating Maggie's, which model do you have in mind?
Linn SARAs make me enjoy music more than any other speaker I've heard.
The monitors that I have eventually landed on couldn't be more different, MEG RL901k.
Very tidy pair currently on the bay. Positioning critical says the seller !SARAs well applied don't honk.
Cam,
If you happen to have Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner on LP or CD I'd be curious what you think of that recording. Even on a modest system it's almost like she's in the room singing.
Joe
Bit of a tangent here, but I went straight to that Tom’s Diner track, from the ‘Solitude Standing’ album. Damn! But that is a fine test for fidelity to the human voice. My little Harbeth P3ES-2s served it up very tasty indeed, other limitations notwithstanding…
I wouldn’t complain if I was your son......I owned active Sara’s for about 15 years. Honk honk.
My eldest son has them now. I’m a bad dad.
Panderos,
I imagine the little Harbeths would be amazing on human voice.
The first time I heard that track was with Quad ESL 57s. It was as though Suzanne Vega were in the room. My Tannoys do a respectable job on vocals, too, but on that track the Quads are utterly beguiling. That's why I'm curious what @camverton and @Colin L think, assuming they have the recording handy.
Joe
That aligns with my own experience and apparently with that of a lot of people posting here.I am aware there are people who own only one system based on a pair of loudspeakers. Speakers that are said to do everything, sounding great with all types of music. There's no disputing this fact and I'm sure this is certainly true for most people including me at one point.
Nevertheless, as time goes by I realise that all systems particularly loudspeakers are a compromise. There isn't a speaker that's perfect, in other words one that can do it all. All speakers have a sound signature of their own including those which are claimed to be neutral. To me, it's just a matter of finding one that suits one's taste and listening preferences.
That photo is from quite a while ago, taken on one of the rare occasions when the room was relatively tidy!Jerry, what are you driving them with? I don't recognise the amps from the photo.