I'm buying two bookshelf speakers that will be used together with a sub from SVS.
I've been to showrooms to listen to speakers but haven't been able to bring my own music (so I didn't know any of the music I tested with intimately) and the tests were done without subs
I've listened to:
- Focal Aria 906
- Polk L200
- B&W 705 s2
- B&W 707 s2
- Dali Epicon 2
So far the best sounding to me were the non B&W but then without subs it would make sense since I don't think the B&W have much bass extension? So not testing with a sub definitely handicaps them.
Focal Aria is actually much more expensive here than in Europe/US so they actually are more expensive than the Polk L200. I did see that both of those measure well here on this site.
The dali Epicon is normally super expensive but I can get it for 3,600 usd a pair. I do think it could be a good deal in that it seems the resell value would probably stay relatively high and I could probably resell it in 2-3 years for around 3000 usd when I move out of here. I haven't really found any good measurements of them though it's purely subjective... It did sound very good, but I'm worried that it's like a nice bottle of wine and just knowing the sound came out of those speakers colored my perceptions.
Those speakers will be both used to listen to music and as the front left and right of a home theater. Music is more important to me in that I'll be much more critical if music doesn't sound good whereas when watching a movie, I'll be less annoyed if it's not perfect.. I also do not have space for a center (if I have a center, then it blocks my way back to my bedroom since I'm using a projector screen that drops out from the ceiling so it's not a fixed setup like many people have... I don't want to have to place the center and put it back everytime I watch a movie)
So I'll use a phantom center when watching movie, some people do seem to like it but I have no idea if there are specific considerations when picking speakers...
I've been to showrooms to listen to speakers but haven't been able to bring my own music (so I didn't know any of the music I tested with intimately) and the tests were done without subs
I've listened to:
- Focal Aria 906
- Polk L200
- B&W 705 s2
- B&W 707 s2
- Dali Epicon 2
So far the best sounding to me were the non B&W but then without subs it would make sense since I don't think the B&W have much bass extension? So not testing with a sub definitely handicaps them.
Focal Aria is actually much more expensive here than in Europe/US so they actually are more expensive than the Polk L200. I did see that both of those measure well here on this site.
The dali Epicon is normally super expensive but I can get it for 3,600 usd a pair. I do think it could be a good deal in that it seems the resell value would probably stay relatively high and I could probably resell it in 2-3 years for around 3000 usd when I move out of here. I haven't really found any good measurements of them though it's purely subjective... It did sound very good, but I'm worried that it's like a nice bottle of wine and just knowing the sound came out of those speakers colored my perceptions.
Those speakers will be both used to listen to music and as the front left and right of a home theater. Music is more important to me in that I'll be much more critical if music doesn't sound good whereas when watching a movie, I'll be less annoyed if it's not perfect.. I also do not have space for a center (if I have a center, then it blocks my way back to my bedroom since I'm using a projector screen that drops out from the ceiling so it's not a fixed setup like many people have... I don't want to have to place the center and put it back everytime I watch a movie)
So I'll use a phantom center when watching movie, some people do seem to like it but I have no idea if there are specific considerations when picking speakers...