Monitor Gold 10
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Tannoy Monitor Gold 3LZ 10". I might be a bit biased...
I agree....I'm in the 'love' camp...also like very small amounts of marmite on toast.I use a pair of Linn isobariks in a large room. I love them. I no people either love them or hate them like marmite.
Linn Aktiv into 6 x LK280s. They come alive when you push them and reward with lots of PRAT (in my subjective opinion of course). I mainly play rock, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Floyd, etc at almost concert levels (I have a listening room at the back of my garden just far enough away so as to not be a nuisance to my neighbours). Next time you're in London drop by for a listen.So I take it use a pair may I ask what you use with them?
I'd have thought Kef 104/2 would be a strong contender.
I had 104 mk2's for a few weeks (and actually the 104ab's too for years) when they first came out, I'm guessing it must be the late 80s, I wouldn't call the bass 'defined', deep yes, but woolly in my book. My Linn dealer called them the 'boomerang' speakers, he said everyone asked for them but very few kept them, me included.
You're right of course, I might just add that I recall I had a problem with the suspended floorboards (under carpet) coupling with the speakers causing resonance and lots of bass energy being drawn into the floor resulting in booming. I spent a lot of time adjusting their positioning but never got a satisfactory result. My amps at the time were Meridian 105s from a Pink Triangle Pip (that being far superior to the matching meridian 101).I don't own KEF 104/2s, and never have. But I've heard them a couple of times in other people's systems, and they seemed capable of very well defined bass. When you're talking bass, though, you can't ignore the amp/speaker interface, and nor can you ignore room acoustics. Get either wrong and the most capable speaker will sound weak or boomy. With the KEFs, the condition of the woofer surrounds and doughnuts will also be important, as has been said already.