Help with bookshelf speaker choice

[iancass]

I have a pair of Mission 753 speaker and was considering get some bookshelf speakers, my budget would be around £350. I listen to Soul, dance and rock, on vinyl and iTunes/some hi res files. Would the. budget be enough to notice an upgrade? and what is there for me to choose from at this price point?

 

[nopiano]

You will find dozens to choose from, with many reviews on this very site. You could do worse than the Q Acoustics Concept 20, though they really need costly stands.

Suggest you compare a few with your current Missions.

 

[Al ears]

I see your other post was severely truncated. :shifty:

For your budget I would say it might be difficult to improve on the Missions. However it's all down to your own ears. I assume you have speaker stands and that these do not need to be included in your budget.

Audition whatever you can particularly the Q Acoustics models and decide for yourself.

Choice of speakers is not something you can go and purchased based on someone's say so.

 

[Al ears]

Double post...

 

[BigH]

You could try the Dali Zensor 3s at £300, you can get stands for not very much if used about £20 or £45 -£100 for new depending on what you want.

 

[iancass]

I have my own stands already from previous systems. don' t really want to cross over if the improvement is going to be minor. I was actually looking at the Dali Zensor 3.

 

[craig84]

So many to choose from, personally I'd audition dali zensor 3, wharfedale diamond 121, Boston a26 and as a wild card and 35 pound more... Acoustic energy 301 which I hear are great speakers.

Craig

 

[craig84]

The AE 301 are gorgeous speakers and they could almost make me go stand mount but I like my bass heavy music too much and now looking back at your first post dance and rock are in there and I don't know if stand mount will be your thing. I've googled your speakers and I see floorstanders , I think you'd miss the bass floorstanders deliver. I bought a pair of b&w 686's off a friend and although they tried there hardest , listening to Alex Clare album made me weep at around medium listening ( to me) as everything turned to mush when they tried to push the lows, kind of like a fart in a shoebox. So ebayed them , straight to richer sounds to get mercury v4's and hey presto. No more farty shoe boxes

 

[iancass]

Thanks, I like bass quite a lot myself However I don't think I am getting the best from my speakers with my amp.