Speakers that sound BIG and don't look like droids

[Jono_13]

Druid

Is that you at the weekend?

 

[slavedata]

Heard a pair of Devialet Phantom reactors at the weekend. Little eggs that will reproduce the bottom note of an organ. Very impressive
https://www.worldwidestereo.com/blo...tries/devialet-phantom-i-vs-ii-speaker-review

 

[tuga]

Hide a sub or two and you can get “big” sound from even toy-sized speakers:

KEF LS50 (David) Versus JBL 4722 Cinema (Goliath) Speaker Comparison with Binaural Recordings

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/revi...ker-comparison-with-binaural-recordings-r768/

 

[Cereal Killer]

Dutch & Dutch 8c's

 

[poco a poco]

Dutch & Dutch 8c's

^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Alastair]

Kii Audio too with the D&D 8cs. The Kiis I think have better WAF too.

 

[Beobloke]

The ‘biggest-sounding’ speakers I’ve had pass through my lounge are the Leak 3090s, Duntech Marquis and the Elipson Prestige Facet 34F.

Still none of these could match the resident Beolab 90s for sheer sonic scale but I’m guessing they fail the ‘droid’ test!

 

[Cereal Killer]

Kii Audio too with the D&D 8cs. The Kiis I think have better WAF too.

My WAF prefers the looks of the 8c's !!

 

[foxwelljsly]

Large Kef reference speakers, 104.2, 105's and 107's would be my go-to for effortlessly reproducing loud and low programme material without busting the bank.

 

[poco a poco]

My WAF prefers the looks of the 8c's !!

^^^^^^^^^

 

[hifinutt]

tannoy eaton legacy sound BIG and are the modest size of shl5plus . very enjoyable speaker

 

[gavreid]

I suspect that the Kii Three is comparable to the D&D too...

 

[Rug Doc]

I agree that a big sound can be achieved with the subtle addition of a sub or two if this beats the WAF.

get some lovely standmounts that meet approval then hide a sub.

if you can go bigger, then get a pair of impulse H2’s.

 

[jamesd]

Hide a sub or two and you can get “big” sound from even toy-sized speakers:

KEF LS50 (David) Versus JBL 4722 Cinema (Goliath) Speaker Comparison with Binaural Recordings

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/revi...ker-comparison-with-binaural-recordings-r768/

interesting. I liked the LS50 a lot though I found a sub mandatory for my tastes. However, they still sounded a bit hard and strained to me at volume. A perfect example of a speaker that don’t, for lack of a better term, sound big.

 

[billo]

I’m curious now - which speakers do look like droids?

These have got to be contenders
mbl-120-radialstrahler-loudspeakers-22550-1-p[ekm]390x390[ekm]

 

[Bjork67]

Do not like the looks of them at all.

 

[Jono_13]

The ‘biggest-sounding’ speakers I’ve had pass through my lounge are the Leak 3090s, Duntech Marquis and the Elipson Prestige Facet 34F.

Still none of these could match the resident Beolab 90s for sheer sonic scale but I’m guessing they fail the ‘droid’ test!

Beolab 90, the crumpled golf bag of speakers...

 

[mikemusic]

TAD E1s

 

[Colin L]

These have got to be contenders
mbl-120-radialstrahler-loudspeakers-22550-1-p[ekm]390x390[ekm]

nah…I win..

 

[linnfomaniac83]

Maggies.

Definitely!