https://smile.amazon.com/BIC-America...bic+boo&sr=8-3
Been using these for years, no complaints. Also have a bic sub and center channel in basement.
I put way more importance on midrange and treble quality than I do bass. But not really being able to hear the speakers I'm considering without driving a LONG way what will ultimately fit my tastes is a crapshoot at best. My ears seem to prefer a fairly flat sound that's ever so slightly on the warm side of neutral these days. 15 years ago I preferred the ultra detailed sound that would split your skull apart. I really like the styling of the Wharfedale's. I'll keep researching over the next few months. I finally learned that jumping in prematurely almost never ends well.
They might say "don't try this at home" but nothing about not trying it at your friend's house.
Your preferences seem to indicate a speaker such as a 'studio monitor'.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...0&_sacat=32852
Wharfedale on ebay ?
How a 4 driver setup divides frequencies , may mean clarity when turned to "11" ?
Wharfedale - Diamond 10.7 (Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0079XFTK2..._aB76DbVVA3NJT
Last edited by Queef; 12-07-2019 at 08:30 AM.
OK time to throw a curve ball. I'm glad this thread is chugging along and hopefully a lot of people will benefit from it. Something else has my attention now. I might just put these big coffins back in storage and go the tower route. A 2.5-way design really intrigues me. I wonder how these compare tonally in midrange and treble to the 225's that have a mind blowing number of rave reviews?
https://www.amazon.com/Wharfedale-43.../dp/B00VGY4DB6
They might say "don't try this at home" but nothing about not trying it at your friend's house.
The output from 4 mids and 3 tweeters (counting all drivers in all three speakers should be Great off new receiver )
Seller is in Sherwood , Ark. ( 3 hrs of searching , to find a set in Arkansas , Chris )
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PAIR-WHARFE...tion=BESTOFFER
Best Offer makes these bloody well right !
1 center plus 2 bookshelf . Diamond 7.1
Sherwood is on 67 , needed items: gas, cash.
Located just a lil north of Littlerock
Last edited by Queef; 12-07-2019 at 11:36 AM.
In my first reply I mentioned "amazingly realistic" along with "surprising low end". There is some eq involved, and I tuned to the AudioFrog house curve, but it didn't require much more than shaping to that curve. I'd say those Polks were within 3 db of flat in-room response down to 40 hz.
I was in the same boat a while back and came across http://philharmonicaudio.com/aa.html on the HT forums. More to the neutral to warmer sound but I love them. I couldnt find anyone say anything bad about them.
I have the polk audio monitor 70 series II from newegg a few years back (2009 IIRC) running off of a yamaha aventage rx-a1000.
For the price, they are really good. Didn't require much tuning to flatten them out. (the yamaha has a 7 band semi-para eq for each channel)
This is the "newer" version but looks identical: They are only 5 1/4" speakers but they dig deep to about 50-60hz if you let them.
https://www.newegg.com/p/0S6-0005-000P0
This is the tower version with 6.5" speakers
https://www.newegg.com/p/0S6-0019-00021
Usually you can find these on sale for like 50% of the current price.
I have definitely heard some better home speakers out there. But I paid $620 for two towers, two bookshelf, and the center channel. The yamaha receiver was also being clearanced out for $450 when I bought it due to new model being released. Sub duty is a dayton 250w plate amp and a polk audio mm1240. For about $1200 I am satisfied with this system.
The only thing I would like to upgrade is to a separate amp and a better DSP that is true parametric.
Note* My surround right I discovered had a loose connection at the wall plate on the back side after measuring. It wasn't lower once that was fixed. I just apparently didn't save those measurements.
These are all pre-eq. I also apparently didn't save any of the post eq stuff....
2014 F150 Limited -> Kenwood DDX-9907xr -> Helix DSP.2 -> Alpine PDX-V9 -> SI M25 mki in Valicar Stuttgart Pods, Rear SB17's, Sub SI BM MKV's in MTI BOX. Alpine PDX-F6 -> SI Tm65 mkIV, SI M3 mkI in Valicar Stuttgart Pods