Hello – new here.
I'm in the market for some new speakers and have some experience (which might help your response) and am looking at a couple of options. I realise it's the combination of elements rather than one thing that creates the music though, but believe it's always possible to be objective.
My experience to date is B&W 303 (easy on the ear and fairly transparent, but unexciting and occasionally a bit woolly, may have had alot to do with the Marantz / Cambridge Audio I had plugged into them) – Castle ISIS (great midrange but harsh top end and generally a very boxed in 'soundstage' – again, possibly linked to the Creek 4040s2 they were driven by) – Quad 21L with Arcam Diva amp / CD / Chord cables (Extremely precise, wonderful on voices and electronic but very, very hard to place in my room).
I'm now running a much smaller set up of NuForce Icon as pre-amp into Temple Audio Bantam Gold via chord cables into Usher S-520's. The Ushers are great for their price (I paid £300), can be excellent with acoustic music where the voice is well mic'd, surprising bass for their size, but feel they lack the soundstage that I could be getting.
SO... I'm looking at Spendor s3/5r (or equivalent if I can't get hold of them), who seem to have an amazing pedigree but get the impression they split opinions between those who find them pure, transparent and easy on the ear and those that find them restrained and boring. I'm also looking at the EB1 or EB2, both of which have stunning reviews but seem to be sold only to those in the know, which sort of puts me off, as you're not sure if you're buying something that is only going to work if you have a degree in acoustics and the kit to match – I've tried getting information from blogs and forums, but owners and manufacturers alike seem reluctant to really say much, leaving the What HiFi review the only clear champion of them.
Does anyone out there have experience of both please?
I'm in the market for some new speakers and have some experience (which might help your response) and am looking at a couple of options. I realise it's the combination of elements rather than one thing that creates the music though, but believe it's always possible to be objective.
My experience to date is B&W 303 (easy on the ear and fairly transparent, but unexciting and occasionally a bit woolly, may have had alot to do with the Marantz / Cambridge Audio I had plugged into them) – Castle ISIS (great midrange but harsh top end and generally a very boxed in 'soundstage' – again, possibly linked to the Creek 4040s2 they were driven by) – Quad 21L with Arcam Diva amp / CD / Chord cables (Extremely precise, wonderful on voices and electronic but very, very hard to place in my room).
I'm now running a much smaller set up of NuForce Icon as pre-amp into Temple Audio Bantam Gold via chord cables into Usher S-520's. The Ushers are great for their price (I paid £300), can be excellent with acoustic music where the voice is well mic'd, surprising bass for their size, but feel they lack the soundstage that I could be getting.
SO... I'm looking at Spendor s3/5r (or equivalent if I can't get hold of them), who seem to have an amazing pedigree but get the impression they split opinions between those who find them pure, transparent and easy on the ear and those that find them restrained and boring. I'm also looking at the EB1 or EB2, both of which have stunning reviews but seem to be sold only to those in the know, which sort of puts me off, as you're not sure if you're buying something that is only going to work if you have a degree in acoustics and the kit to match – I've tried getting information from blogs and forums, but owners and manufacturers alike seem reluctant to really say much, leaving the What HiFi review the only clear champion of them.
Does anyone out there have experience of both please?
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