£200 speakers

[seashell]

I'm replacing my bookshelf speakers and tossing up between a couple of choices. I have a Marantz pm6002 amp and am replacing my mordaunt short 902i. At the moment I'm thinking the wharfedale 220 or tannoy dc6. I own some tannoy F4 and was fairly impressed with those for the money. Has anyone owned the 220 or dc6 and has opinions? Thanks.

 

[iQ Speakers]

Heard the Q Acoustics 3020 £189.00 at the Bristol show they were amazing.

 

[seashell]

OK. It's between the 3020s and the DC6s. Might hold out for a bit and see what kind of feedback the 3020s get when they have been out for a period of time and organise a demo. Cheers.

 

[iQ Speakers]

Richer Sounds VIP Club were offering I think a TEAC mini system with a pair of DC6 for £299 just before Christmas they really had some unbelievable offers.

 

[seashell]

Yeah I think this need for a new pair has come at the worst possible time in terms of getting the best deal. Tannoys will cost around £210 compared with Q Acoustics £190. May just hang on and see what deals crop up and have some will power for the time being.

 

[iQ Speakers]

I think if you heard what I did you would be rushing out to buy a pair of 3020's it's unlikely there will be any discounts, they were offering 20% off at the show!

 

[Thompsonuxb]

IQ, at the Bristol show Q Accoustics had - to my ears - the worst sounding demo.

Not sure which speaker was on demo, they were big. Sounded empty to me - listened several times inbetween the pmc demos.

I think if you heard what I did you would be rushing out to buy a pair of 3020's it's unlikely there will be any discounts, they were offering 20% off at the show! 

 

[davedotco]

Very recently I heard a pair of DC6SE speakers driven by an Arcam A19.

Absolutely unlistenable, I know I do not have a great regard for a lot of budget hi-fi but this was something else.

If you have to keep the cost under £200, then Zensor 1s, by a wide margin.