paulfromcamden
Baffled
Curveball suggestion: maybe a pair of modern active Genelecs? Or KEF LS50s?
(Vintage?) studio monitor-like speakers that both reveal and sound great without making my ears bleed ...
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Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
The obvious answer would be LS3- 5As, but they can go for silly money now. I've lived with my Rogers Studio 3s (same box as the LS3etc for 27 years now and would strongly recommend hearing a pair if you can find them. Also maybe consider slightly larger Rogers built BBC designs
Blue Belle
pfm Member
Yamaha NS-1000's, or Harbeth Compact 7's?
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
EXCELLENT speakers.
Locheeboy
pfm Member
Vintage Tannoy Little Reds, Little Golds, Tannoy Eatons. Bigger ?…Cheviots, biggest ? Tannoy Ardens - yes ye can use Ardens in small rooms ! 
woops, just saw that yer planning tae use a subwoofer. Forget about Tannoys, they’d be wasted by the interference that is a blunderbuss subwoofer. Buy speakers with 8” drives tae use with subs, which’ll never satisfy…
woops, just saw that yer planning tae use a subwoofer. Forget about Tannoys, they’d be wasted by the interference that is a blunderbuss subwoofer. Buy speakers with 8” drives tae use with subs, which’ll never satisfy…
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Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
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High sensitivity coaxial loudspeaker
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These bear a strong resemblance to the monitors in this studio:
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naimnut
Deep in the Mines of Soul
Do you still have the JBL 300s? Do they need to be reformed?
I suggest JBL 4430s, but they seem to be going up in price lately. I loved mine and only have them to my son and his wife because the wife said (when I got the altec A7s) that at least one pair of speakers had to go. I didn't want to sell my quad 2805s and am borrowing a pair of original quads, so I could kind of see her point.
I suggest JBL 4430s, but they seem to be going up in price lately. I loved mine and only have them to my son and his wife because the wife said (when I got the altec A7s) that at least one pair of speakers had to go. I didn't want to sell my quad 2805s and am borrowing a pair of original quads, so I could kind of see her point.
Rosewind
Lost in Translation
I decided to test some JBL L52s that were for sale as a demo set here. I will receive them within the next week. I hope they are both good enough to show up what happens in the music and musical enough to bear listening to for longer periods of time. I plan to rotate between the three set-ups in my study.
During the search for a biggish studio monitor, I came to realise that I could not fit big Tannoy or JBL speakers in my room without blocking out too much of the light that I so desperately need in my life. That concludion was reached when i tried to set up the Richard Allan speakers in the study. They are relatively shallow but too tall and wide for permanent positioning in there. I will have a listen and then probably move them on unless they prove to be too good to let go.
During the search for a biggish studio monitor, I came to realise that I could not fit big Tannoy or JBL speakers in my room without blocking out too much of the light that I so desperately need in my life. That concludion was reached when i tried to set up the Richard Allan speakers in the study. They are relatively shallow but too tall and wide for permanent positioning in there. I will have a listen and then probably move them on unless they prove to be too good to let go.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Oh! Show us your A7s!