Best speakers under a grand.

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I love the sound of my system at the moment, i spend many an hour listening to music at my pc desk, i recently bought a musical fidelity m1 dac, first impressions were not to good, compared to my old v-dac2/psu combo the m1 sounded bright with little bass, i seriously thought about throwing in the towel and selling the m1, i left my system running for a week and each day the sound improved, the slight brightness has gone, bass is fantastic, detail is there, i cant see how it can get any better? the only upgrade i would consider is a speaker change, what speaker would work well with my gear for near field listening and be a step up from my rx1's?

Jamie.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi Jamie

ATC's SCM11 monitors, Monitor Audio's GX50 and Proac Tablette Anniversary are worth a look.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[CnoEvil]

Jamie, these would be my suggestions:

- PMC DB1i (not far outside budget)
- Kef R300
- Proac Studio 115 (also just outside budget)
- Spendor S3/5R2
- ATC SCM 11

Only you can decide which works best with the M1 and for near field listening.

 

[tino]

For near field ... maybe these Xero or a pair of Neat Iotas

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the suggestions, my dealer stocks proac and monitor audio so ill try and get a demo, i like the look of the leema speakers too, if i do decide to buy a nice new pair speakers they would have to be special as my rx1's sound really good.

 

[hoopsontoast]

ATC SCM7 are, IMO and IME the best speakers under £1k you can buy new, especially if its for near-field listening. Other than that, the S3/5R2's would be the choice if the ATC Presentation is not your thing.

If you have a little room behind the speakers, then you can pick up some ProAc Tablettes (Ref 8) for well under £1k now as they are an olde model, I saw a pair of Reference 8's go for £399, second hand from a dealer.