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Just sold my Tannoy 633 that I've had for about ten years and go some Cerwin-Vega E-710. OK so they're nowhere near audiophile quality but I'm blown away by how good they sound to me. Going through all my favourite "test a new system" tunes and they all sound fab . just interested in what other people have.
Tannoy DC6TSE
B&W 685's, likely getting an Arcam A19 hooked up to 'em soon
Leema Accoustics Xero. small but big sounding stand mounters designed and made in Wales by a couple of ex BBC engineers. i like them and cant see a reason to change.
Still using the Mission bookshelf speakers I bought as a student in the 1990s. Possibly 751s.
Never felt the need to get something bigger/more expensive.
Some Mordaunt Short bookshelf jobbies I got from RS many years ago, still going strong.
B&W DM601 S2s off ebay. They look great. Wish my neighbour would sod off on holiday so I can try em out properly!
Mordaunt Short MS-15s circa 1987, still sound most excellent.
An old pair of Mission 700s like these...
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B&W CDM7's
Had them for 20 years still sound great
"[i]Possibly 751s. Never felt the need to get something bigger/more expensive.[/i]"
Wait until the cones go brittle and fall apart. I had some 733s that I really liked. Until the cones fell apart 🙁
Ended up with Monitor Audio in-ceiling speakers in the lounge now as there's no space for floorstanders any more. Not hugely impressed with them tbh.
Bose Acoustimass 5s from the mid-to-late-90s, given to me by my father-in-law about 15 years ago. They're not super-audiophile but they're clear and sound good across the range and the sub is punchy and sounds good when hidden away and seems to have a well-tuned crossover. They work well with my Cambridge Audio amp.
This thread has reminded me that sometimes I like just listening to music - I so rarely get the chance these days, but wife and son are away this weekend, so it looks like I might have time!
KRK Rokit 5's and KRK 10 subwoofer with Cambridge Audio DacMagic plus, not fancy but sounds good enough for my ears.
Wait until the cones go brittle and fall apart. I had some 733s that I really liked. Until the cones fell apart
Well at least mine will have had a good innings.
Celestion F1s from my post-grad days. Still seem good enough.
Kef Q5, connected to a CA Topaz AM10 v2 at the moment. Probably overkill for the small study they're in, but they sound ace to me.
I have some Ruarks which are about 15yrs old now and out of production but look and sound beautiful.
AE Aegis (the ones with alloy cones) floor standers and center with some small wharfedale surrounds. And Some AE Aegis bookcase speakers in the office.
Erm, quite a few:
Naim S600 Ovator
Naim IBL
Naim SBL
And some Focal Dome Flax which will go home today for a home cinema setup. Still need a centre for that 😳
To be fair, IBLs and SBLs are in the loft.
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I'm using a recently acquired pair of Bang & Olufsen Beovox S120s, which I had to replace the woofer foams on. I'm not wholly convinced by their low-mid detail, but otherwise a very nice sound through a fairly cheap Onkyo amp. The 'B' speakers in the other room are old Mordaunt Short M10s, which I love to bits - fantastic little monitors.
Re: b&w
There's a guy near me selling a pair of 602s, pair of 601s, centre and amp for a decent price. Really love the look and sound I just can't get more kit past the missus. Like bikes, hifi is n+1 for me. Even got some wee mission m30i and Onkyo mini system in the kitchen.
After a good couple of hours rocking the cerwins I realised I had my amp set to "small" fronts. Changed to large and jeeeeeesus they ain't subtle.
To be fair, IBLs and SBLs are in the loft.
That just isn't right.
I've had my Kef 104/2s for 20 years - the amp and CD has been changed a number of times. Thinking of changing now though - to something from Kudos maybe
Probably totally irreverent to what you will be using them for..
Mackie SRM450's matched to a Peavey amp or a Rotel if in the spare room.
& Adam A3x Active Speakers
I think in the living room there are a pair of 3 way floorstanders that are well over 10 years old.. Recently re-coned my Kenwood active sub which definitely helps the floor standers.
Loved the sound of the B&W 601's hooked up to the Rotel or Citrus amp, very neutral sound.
Tannoy DC6T's, £249 from Richer Sounds a couple of years ago.
Very happy with them on the end of a Marantz PM66KI amp.
Pair of Monitor Audio RS2's in the main downstairs room, hooked up to a Denon Micro.
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An old pair of Mission 700s like these...
Wish I'd never sold mine, they're brilliant for such an unassuming pair of speakers.
Audio Physic Spark MK1 - Really love them, very tricky bass units and only 3 crossover components per speaker make for a very direct sound, had them a while now and no need or desire to change. Might get a new amp tho I fancy another go with some valves.
Still using the Mission 731s that I bought nearly 20 years ago.
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1s on stands with SW150 sub.
Kef Q1, bought with NAD separates, and retained when the NADs were swapped for an Arcam Solo. Still sound good and don't look quite as rectilinear as some speakers out there.
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[I]I have some Ruarks which are about 15yrs old now and out of production but look and sound beautiful.[/I]
same as, I've had my fantastic little Ruark Epilogues for about 17yrs. Love them.
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Audio Physic Spark MK1
nice. i like the open stands and tilted back thing they did.
i demoed a pair many years ago and they were ‘on the list’
edit: it was the Step not the Spark, still nice speakers though
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Yep same model in Ruarks only mine are rosewood.
Two pairs of Ruarks both in rosewood
Crusaders and Sabre's
A set of PMC nearfield monitors (can't remember the model and they don't sell them anymore) on the computer, and an Onkyo HTX 2.1 jobby on the TV.
20 year old B&W DM303s hooked up to an old TEAC reference 300 system of the same age. Good enough for me, because I'm not a hi-fi nut.
KRKs.
Cheap and go untz untz untz. That may or may not be what you're after.
I'm not wholly convinced by their low-mid detail, but otherwise a very nice sound through a fairly cheap Onkyo amp.
I can't stop thinking how this man is suffering so. It's put a big fat shadow over my weekend.
I'm easily pleased. A pair of bookshelf Gale hooked up to a Denon micro.
Less than £250 and good enough.
Set of Audikrons that are about 25yrs old.
Still will make the walls bend even now 8)
Dali Zensor 5's hooked up to an Onkyo amp.
Dynaudio
Various pairs of LS3/5as.
Mostly listening to a Stirling Broadcast V2 set at the moment, sitting on top of their AB-2 bass extenders.
Got several sets of the 11ohm version as 'spares' and my best pair is a set of 11ohm varient with external Cicable crossovers and mounted in the thin-wall version of the LS3/5a cabinet. Combined with the AB-2 they are very nice.
Also got a couple of pairs of JR149s which I play occasionally but not often. I might set one pair up in the garage for when I am doing a Zwift/trainer session, as I have the matching wall brackets for them.
I lied! Mine are B&W DM602s.
pair of 25yr old Snell Acoustics, fed by an equally ancient Audio Incinerations valve amp from my laptop. Sounds effin Ace!
Monitor Audios.
B&W 805's here. Feel no urge to change.
JBL Control 5s - 3 of 'em.
Tannoy monitors (model unknown) - 2 of these.
And some type of Subwoofer (don't know the make).
Hooked up to an AV Amp - sounds okay.
Dynaudio audience 42s still just about going after replacing the mid/bass drivers. Was a big purchase in my student days, turned out to be a good long term investment.
To be fair, IBLs and SBLs are in the loft.
That just isn't right.
Don't currently have the space for them and neither have the crossovers as I was active at the time. I'll not be selling them, though at some point they might go on permanent loan.
Elac B6 wired to a Naim Nait 2 and a Project turntable.
B&W DM600 with some all-in-one thing for Spotify/Dab duties in the kitchen.
A mixture of Q Acoustic (fronts & centre) and M&K (rears and sub) for TV / projector watching in one room and a mixture of M&K / Cambridge on another TV.
Sonus Faber 5.1 (sub is a Rel). All driven by a relatively cheap Onkyo receiver as it fitted in the cupboard.
Nothing fancy, I just don't have space, but my Sony SA-VE705 satellite system has given me great pleasure for around eighteen years, along with the Yamaha DSP-AX2 amp they're paired with.
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I have some Mission 773e
Dali Zensor 5's
Dali Lektor 6 Floorstanders
Main ones are a pair of Linn Tukans that I bought new in 94. Additionally, I have a pair of JPW Mini Monitors that are probably even older in the dining room.
Additionally, I have a pair of JPW Mini Monitors that are probably even older in the dining room.
I've got a pair of those still going strong in my bedroom system!
Paradigm Mini-Monitors, probably Mk1, circa 2000 vintage. They whip the llama's ass.
Chatting to a sales droid in Richer a few years ago, he reckoned they were the best speakers they'd ever sold.
Jamo Concert 8's here. Long since out of production but can't find any compelling reason to part with them.
LS3/5a, although now in daughter #1's room with the rest of my hifi.
Reminds me - anyone in Somerset/Devon want to buy a Monolith DF sub-woofer (oak veneer)? Probably under 50 hours use.
(Apparently not a good match with Quad ESL-2812s, but worked nicely with the Rogers and the home cinema for the brief time it ran).
ATC SCM20 coupled with a pair of Harbeth studio sub woofers.
I lust after a pair of active SCM40s. Or a much bigger house and SCM300As.
While we are in a soundy mood, I want to improve the sound out of my telly. I don't want a sound bar, just a pair of small good looking speakers run by one of those little amps from Amazon.
Meridian DSP 5200 - amazing
The shed system is a pair jbl control 1 pro monitors ( the old ones not the newer shit ones ) and a Yamaha 12inch active sub for the low stuff.
Mostly listen to electronic music so delicacy isn't nessesary, however, punch, weight and dynamics are.
Still have my colossal AE-109s that I bought with my first student loan in the 90s. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I don't think I've ever played them at more than a quarter of full volume.
A pair of TDL RTL II's that I must have bought around '97 or so.
It was between those and some B&W 602s...
But Richer Sounds were doing the TDLs for half price so that was that.
I also auditioned some Mordaunt Short MS25s which had so little bass I had to check they hadn't been wired out of phase.
The foam on the front of the TDLs where the transmission line bit exits has degraded and needs replacing but apart from that they are fine.
Love some of those mentioned above and fully agree that N+1 applies to speakers as well.
Always wanted a pair of the ATC's and either some LS3/a or some Splendors.
Currently the main set up is a pair of 1972 Mordaunt Short MS700 (cast piezo horn tweeter) and a pair of MS400 pushed my a pair of AR Cambridge A60's built in to a pre/power and separate power amps with the power supplies in a separate box bought from this very forum.
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Do a very good impression of having a band / orchestra a few feet away when you turn them up appropriately.
Kitchen stereo is a pair of old B&W 601 again actually bought cheap from this very forum.
Also got a couple of pairs of B&W DM2's knocking around that are now basically spares or repairs that need a home as soon as I find someone to collect them.
Zu Druid
'Full range' 10" dia 'speakers, along with 101db efficiency means they go house shaking loud with flea power valve amps (my Leben valve amp is ~10wpc)
Very musical sound
Beware though, once you go full range you can never go back to multi-driver 'speakers as you'll always hear the separate drivers
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I have an old pair of Mordaunt Short MS916's probably 13 years old and a 20+ year old pair of Mission 700's (Or 700 somethings - can never remember...). Neither probably pass the audiophile test - but both sound fine to me.
Mission 780SEs
I have four Q aquostics speakers in the man cave office. Two 2050 floor standers and a pair of 2020 shelf speakers. Although I do have a mate who works in the returns deparment.
Linn ninkas in the living room, and an old pair of linn index 2's in the kitchen diner.
Tannoy Dual Concentric Cones.
Bought new in 1985 for more than I could afford, still sound great.
A mate used to have these, PMC MB2 along with Meridian pre-amp and Rotel power amp - all custom built and fettled to work well together, he was a BBC sound engineer for 25yrs and his primary work/love was R3 classical live recordings/broadcasts so he was rather fussy with his personal sound signature. Unfortunately he moved to cyprus last year so it was all sold for a small fortune, i told him i'd look after it all but he declined 😉
I used to love house/cat sitting as i'd blast out my choice of tunes (electronic/techno) and it was a wonderful way to rearrange my internal organs 😀
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Never heard such a powerful system in my life and i doubt i'll ever hear such sounds again.
Dali zensor1s in the house and mission mx1s in the workshop
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Since we're doing pics, here's one of an S-600 and the current system.
AE evo ones that replaced some vintage Monitor Audios at the start of uni'. Don't often play them loud now I'm a grown up with neighbours.
Recently upgradedto this with a Onkyo TX-NR 656 , holy potatoes! the sub is awesome.
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I picked up a second hand pair of Kudos C20 speakers a few months ago.
By 'eck they sound good 🙂
Mordant Short MS20i Pearl Edition from RS in 1999 with my student loan - one of the few things of value I got from a degree in fine art (another being the Cambridge Audio A2 amp). Both still good but in comparison to other amp/speaker combos relatively light on the bass side of things.