Speakers for Arcam Solo

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Can anyone suggest a decent pair of speakers for the Arcam Solo? Should be quite easy, and I have heard a few that sound very good, however I have a couple of constraints.....

1. They need to be wall mountable.

2. My budget is only £250 (the speakers I have heard are around the £500 mark)

I have heard the Kef Q1's which aren't too bad. Does anyone have any other recommendations.

Also does can anyone recomend a decent wall mount for the speakers.

Many Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

I am now looking at the Monitor Audio RS1's. What is the opinion of this combination?

Thanks

Jon

 

[Razz]

Since the Solo deserves better speakers than the ones you could
find on the market around the 250 quid mark, one solution would be to
try and find a good second hand deal - for instance for a pair of Epos
M12 (or M12.2) or even M5; or perhaps a pair of Dynaudios (52 or 42) -
these should go well with the Solo. Also it would be great if you could
find a bargain for PMC's DB1's - according to Hi-Fi Choice these would
be an ideal choice - but they're 650 new, so you won't be able to get
them below 300 quid at the very best...

However if second hand hi-fi isn't your thing, you could also
try Epos' ESL3 (at 200 quid), B&W's 601S3's (at 250) or Monitor
Audio's BR2 (at 200) (by the way what were the RS1 like?). I guess all of these speakers above could be
wall-mounted...

Hope this is useful...

Good luck

 

[Anonymous]

Many Thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated. I ended up opting for the RS1's, managed to get them in the Sevenoaks sale with 25% off!

They lack some of the warmth of the more expensive speakers I tried, but having said that they do sound good. It has made me want to go through the CD collection again.

Cheers

Jon