Musical FIdelity - Speaker Selection

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I have recently acquired a Musical Fidelity X Ray CD player, X-AS100 amp and X-P100 pre amp. All about 12 years old but in perfect condition. I'm looking for a really good pair of speakers of equivalent quality and capability to match with them. My listening room is reasonably large (25 feet by 18 feet by 14 feet high). I have pretty wide tastes and play classical as much as I play 70s Prog Rock so am looking for something with all round capability. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers.

 

[Macspur]

Hi,
Firstly, what is your budget? and would you prefer floor standers or stand mount?
Cheers
Sugden A21L amp, Naim CD5XS CDP, Chord Cobra3 i.c. ProAc Studio 13 speakers

 

[richardw42]

I had a Musical Fidelity XA2 and used it with Monitor Audio RS6 (V. good) and B&W CM7 (fantastic ). I'd seriously investigate B&W.
The high sensitivity of the MA could suit better.
Is the AS100 50 wpc ?

 

[Anonymous]

I have recently acquired a Musical Fidelity X Ray CD player, X-AS100 amp and X-P100 pre amp. All about 12 years old but in perfect condition. I'm looking for a really good pair of speakers of equivalent quality and capability to match with them. My listening room is reasonably large (25 feet by 18 feet by 14 feet high). I have pretty wide tastes and play classical as much as I play 70s Prog Rock so am looking for something with all round capability. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers.

For what its worth, my second hifi is of this era: Meridian 206B (ok thats 1990), MF X-P100, X-A200 mono blocks, EPOS ES14s. For a while I had the ES30s connected and it sounded great, the ES14s also sound really nice but not quite so expansive, but may be more intimate tho. The one thing I like about both my systems is that they'll play any type of music and you can listen all day long (that's 2 things I like). ES14s go for about £200 make sure you get the stands as well, a pair of ES30s went for nearly £900 recently, they're great speakers, and aligned with what you're looking for I'd say.

 

[richardw42]

Just seen it's 100 wpc. The MF manual recommends speaker sensitivity of over 88db.
Their reccommendation is for speakers by KELLY TRANSDUCERS (can't say vie ever heard of them).

 

[Anonymous]

Have a look at ProAc Studio 140's. They match very well with MF kit of that era. B&W 800 Nautilus series' match it very well too if you're willing to buy used. The 804's would be teriffic with your setup!

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks. Someone else had suggested the 804s. I may well try and audition those if possible. Cheers

 

[lindsayt]

Altec Model 19's.