On 23 May, 11:59, Christopher Key wrote:
Hello,

I'm looking to get a new set of speakers, and am trying to get some sort
of idea where I should be looking price wise. They'll be used for music
about 75% of the time, and for home cinema, 25% of the time, and will be
driven by a Denon AVR1804 for now.

My music collection's quite varied, although I'd probably want the best
performance on fairly punchy classical, think Holst's Planet Suite,
Jazz, and instrumental solos, think Dire Straits' Your Latest Trick.
I'd also like something that does a good job rendering speech.

As a starting point, I'm looking at the Quad L-ite package, or the Quad
L2 range (22L2 front, 12L2 surround, L2 centre, L2 sub).

I know it's very difficult to express how subjectively 'good' something
will sound, given the immense price range available for speakers.
Perhaps someone could give me some indication where these speakers sit
in the following range:

Good enough to discern 128kbps mp3 from uncompressed on challenging material

Good enough to discern 320kbps mp3 from uncompressed on challenging material

Additional money better spent improving the acoustics of a typical room

Sufficiently transparent to be inaudibly different from other similarly
priced speakers

Sufficiently transparent to be inaudibly different from a known voice
speaking to you

Obviously I will compare the speakers to others in a similar price
bracket, along with a few more expensive and cheaper models, but I'd
appreciated some guidance first.

Regards,

Chris

DYNAUDIO...nuff said.

borosteve wrote:
On 23 May, 11:59, Christopher Key wrote:
As a starting point, I'm looking at the Quad L-ite package, or the Quad
L2 range (22L2 front, 12L2 surround, L2 centre, L2 sub).


DYNAUDIO...nuff said.


Any particular ranges you'd recommend?

Chris

Christopher Key wrote:
borosteve wrote:
On 23 May, 11:59, Christopher Key wrote:
As a starting point, I'm looking at the Quad L-ite package, or the Quad
L2 range (22L2 front, 12L2 surround, L2 centre, L2 sub).


DYNAUDIO...nuff said.


Any particular ranges you'd recommend?

Chris

I've got some 42s and Contour 1.1s. Smashing speakers, and they
generally go for half retail on ebay. Couple of points:

- the Contours sound a fair bit smoother than the 42s, and go a lot lower;
- IMO they need a powerful amp to drive them properly, but I've not done
a proper blind test, and recent debate in this NG tends to suggest most
modern amps should drive them properly to decent sound levels;
- they're best a foot or so away from walls

I use them with the telly from time to time, and have a REL sub (Strata
5). It's all a hoot on films, but I'm not completely sold on the sub
with music.

Dynaudios are a pretty tough buy new - you seem to get very little for
your money. Give them a listen and see what you think. I was in my local
hifi shop recently and the blokey was begging me to listen to the latest
range - I just daren't ;-)

IMO, YMMV etc - have a listen if you can.

Rob

"Rob" wrote in message
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Christopher Key wrote:
borosteve wrote:
On 23 May, 11:59, Christopher Key wrote:
As a starting point, I'm looking at the Quad L-ite package, or the Quad
L2 range (22L2 front, 12L2 surround, L2 centre, L2 sub).


DYNAUDIO...nuff said.


Any particular ranges you'd recommend?

Chris

I've got some 42s and Contour 1.1s. Smashing speakers, and they generally
go for half retail on ebay. Couple of points:

- the Contours sound a fair bit smoother than the 42s, and go a lot lower;
- IMO they need a powerful amp to drive them properly, but I've not done a
proper blind test, and recent debate in this NG tends to suggest most
modern amps should drive them properly to decent sound levels;
- they're best a foot or so away from walls

I use them with the telly from time to time, and have a REL sub (Strata
5). It's all a hoot on films, but I'm not completely sold on the sub with
music.

Dynaudios are a pretty tough buy new - you seem to get very little for
your money. Give them a listen and see what you think. I was in my local
hifi shop recently and the blokey was begging me to listen to the latest
range - I just daren't ;-)

IMO, YMMV etc - have a listen if you can.

Rob

I would certainly agree that Dynaudios are well worth considering. Try also
PMC, ADAM and ATC.

S
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"Rob" wrote in message
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Christopher Key wrote:
borosteve wrote:
On 23 May, 11:59, Christopher Key wrote:
As a starting point, I'm looking at the Quad L-ite package, or the
Quad
L2 range (22L2 front, 12L2 surround, L2 centre, L2 sub).


DYNAUDIO...nuff said.


Any particular ranges you'd recommend?

Chris

I've got some 42s and Contour 1.1s. Smashing speakers, and they
generally go for half retail on ebay. Couple of points:

- the Contours sound a fair bit smoother than the 42s, and go a lot
lower;
- IMO they need a powerful amp to drive them properly, but I've not
done a proper blind test, and recent debate in this NG tends to
suggest most modern amps should drive them properly to decent sound
levels;
- they're best a foot or so away from walls

I use them with the telly from time to time, and have a REL sub
(Strata 5). It's all a hoot on films, but I'm not completely sold on
the sub with music.

Dynaudios are a pretty tough buy new - you seem to get very little
for your money. Give them a listen and see what you think. I was in
my local hifi shop recently and the blokey was begging me to listen
to the latest range - I just daren't ;-)

IMO, YMMV etc - have a listen if you can.

Rob

I would certainly agree that Dynaudios are well worth considering. Try
also PMC, ADAM and ATC.


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