ShauneWES, Although I haven't heard their product line, I'd recommend you give Legend Acoustics speakers a try. They're an Australian brand. The founder of the company, Dr. Rod Crawford, used to work for Linn. Dr. Rod Crawford Bio I own a pair of Linn Nexus speakers that Dr. Crawford...
Hmmmmm....something to hope for the next time one of those boomboxes with wheels comes blaring down the street. I have absolutely no sympathy for those who abuse themselves while knowingly annoying others...I'm looking forward to witnessing a whole generation of deaf/nearly deaf people in the...
I own a pair of Linn Nexus speakers (with the Kustone stands) that I bartered for some years back. They are, without a doubt, the easiest speakers to listen to that I have owned so far. I have the similiar comments concerning the excellent soundstaging and the voicing (very life like!). They're...
Mike, I agree with Cameron on this: From my experiences with listening to Bose and comparing to other speaker brands, its very easy to distinguish whether the Bose sound is to your liking. In fact, its probably one of the easier distinctions you can make in this hobby. It may be tough to...
Hopefully this bit of news gets out to the urban youth who enjoy overdoing the bass thing. However, remembering the cocky teenager I use to be, I doubt that many will hear (no pun intended) :D There are some practical steps that can and should be taken to address this problem: 1. Start...
Nothing damages credibility like flakiness, and tardiness. If Secrets announced they would do a retest of this product, they should have done so immediately and with full transparency. I still follow their benchmark results on equipment, but discount the reviews heavily.:thumbsdown:
What an interesting thread...just a couple of thoughts: 1. Cars and speakers are like music: Everyone has their personal favorites, ranging the entire spectrum. I love music, whether metal, jazz, country, classical, etc...as long its of good quality. Same goes for cars, bikes and speakers...
I don't prefer the Bose sound myself, but Bose threads have a tendency to have a "preach to the choir" quality about them. Even the CNET review that the link refers to does point out some positive qualities about the Bose system: "Adaptiq automated system setup" "exquisitely tiny sats"...
You'd have to buy these used, but I like the following in the sub $500 range over anything I've heard new at this price. :wink: 1. Linn Kan / Tukan / Katan monitors. 2. Boston Acoustics VR-M50 monitors. 3. Dynaudio Audience monitors.
This is one of the pitfalls of selecting a speaker from an online manufacturer: its more difficult to audition them.:frowning: I know, in theory, its possible to get better value this way, but it also makes it harder to listen to the speakers firsthand. Yes, you can get a general idea of...
Chris, It sounds like you've narrowed down your choices to a few speaker manufacturer's. If this is the case, I'd suggest some serious listening to find out which model, within a manufacturer's lineup (bookshelf and towers), sounds the best to you. ;) I normally start by auditioning the...
You'll get many good responses advocating both sides of this issue , so I'll offer a different perspective on your question. Instead of deciding whether to get monitors or tower speakers, first try auditioning to identify which manufacturer's products you prefer the most. Speaker...
Benkof, Speaker selection is so subjective, that my only recommendation would be to listen to as many different brands as you can before buying. Speaker manufacturers tend to have a characteristic sound, that carries over most of their product line, with improvements and/or frequency...
Many speaker companies now offer in-wall / in-ceiling speakers, along with their regular lines. I've heard speakers from the following two companies and liked them very much, but I have not heard their in-wall / in-ceiling products: Linn Inwall Speakers JMLab Inwall Speakers JMLab...
I think honest discussion about the pros and cons of something can easily be misinterpreted as annoyance and complaining. What I see here was a open discussion of the merits of certain posts, and so far, good points have been made all around...just what good forums should have! :) Actually...
I tend to agree with the sentiments of the originator of this thread, Chris Wiggles.:emoji_thumbsup: Although I understand and accept the excitement that can come from a new purchase, or with electronic gear in general, I prefer to read about intelligent, and informed enthusiasm, as opposed...
I agree with both these points. Forums like this help us to pinpoint, out of the thousands of choices we have in home theater equipment, a manageable number of candidates for purchasing. But, the acid test for me (especially with speakers)is to listen to them myself, with my music and movies. To...
Allen, it might help to provide more detail to this question 1. At what price range? 2. What is the application? %Music vs %Movies? 3. What is the size of the room? 4. What is available in your area to listen to, and are you willing to order over the internet to audition the likes of...
After reading through this thread, and visiting some of the websites for these "white van" speaker companies, I noticed that the language used to describe these products is very similiar to the language you'll find in high end audio brochures and magazine reviews! Many posters have also...
Please see my previous post. Also, you are right, the speakers you see in movie theaters are elevated over the audience. These are the surround channels used for creating the diffused surround effects. However, the Left/Right/Front speakers you don't see behind the movie screen are aimed at the...
Sure, different seating arrangements, and your own personal body size is going to affect how the tweeters match up to your ears. A speaker manufacturer can only design around the "average" listener and listening environment. The intent is to get the tweeters (which emit very directional high...
Sure it's important...but there are also other things to consider when getting a sub which may be even more important. Like.... 1. Sub size - How big is it? Too small, and the sub won't fill your room with adequate sound. However, the bigger it is, the harder to place in a room...
I think the design of floorstanding speakers has several advantages: :emoji_thumbsup: With greater internal volume, and also exterior real estate, floorstanding speakers can accomodate more drivers, enabling fuller coverage of the audible range. :emoji_thumbsup: The additional volume...
Ed, I'm currently using Linn Nexus speakers for 2 channel stereo and find them to be very musical. These are bit old (from the eighties), so in your stated price range, you may want to listen to the Linn Katan Monitors, or the Linn Ninka Towers. I know you mentioned that HT was a distant...
In my case, my wife was the absolute acid test for my sound system. When she insisted (with threats of bodily harm :eek: ) that I keep the stereo Linn Nexus speakers we've had for many years, instead of replacing them with a 5.1 Boston Acoustics speaker set I was considering, I knew I had "Good...
With all the colorful metaphors and interesting comments about Bose mentioned in this thread, I went to my local electronics store today to audition the Bose line of speakers. They had them in their own dedicated room (I'm guessing to prevent direct comparison with other brands of...
Joshua, You may also want to consider selling the sub you have and buying 1 sub with the funds you get plus whatever you were planning to spend on the new sub. Having one higher quality sub might be better than two lesser ones. Its possible to get lower base extension, higher output, not to...
Sean, Here are some of the reasons I chose to go with a floor standing speaker, based on the options of floor standing speaker vs. bookshelf + subwoofer: 1. They take up the same amount of real estate as a bookshelf speaker with stands, and actually take up less space when including a sub...