dontcallmeshirley:Hi, had a look at speakers today. No-one had a great range in store. I have now discounted the spendors for the same reason as you. Will go back in a week or two when the d18's come in, also going to listen to a pair of totems, anyone had any eperience with them? and the MA GS 20's and 60's. Any thoughts?
I'm in the process of demoing speakers in Glasgow at the moment as well, haven't heard the ProAc 140's but have had a quick listen to the Spendor A5's and the sounded very good but will arrange a proper demo soon. I did however demo on Friday in Audio Merchants (next to Slater's menswear) the Epos M16i (they didn't have the M22i in), Neat Motive 1's and the Kef XQ30's all through a Roksan Caspian Integrated and Caspian CD player and using a wide mix of music.
The Epos were excellent, especially for the price, approx £900. The Motive 1's were quite disappointing - too laid back for my tastes. The XQ30's were a revelation, the imaging from them is exceptionally good and the finish on them is (in this case piano black) beautiful, admittedly they are the dearest, approx £1500, but they are now at the top of my list. One other good thing, Audio Merchants will let you home demo them (something I will be doing myself before making a final descision) and they're very helpful, I bought my Roksan Caspian from them after a home demo - it's a big plus point.