recommend speakers please

i currently have jamo gf25 speakers. great bass extension and very loud, both of which i like, but they don't have the quality of my acoustic research 112 bookshelves in my second system.

what would be good for my main system please?

'limited to ebay bargains' would be my budget, i'm handy at repairing/modifying so they don't necessarily have to be mint.

how would linn kabars sound? would they give sufficient bass extension to match my jamos?

i have a pair of richard allan dimension 3s but never really gelled with them. they could be recalled from loan and sold to increase funds a little if necessary.

bludclot (artatak)

 

Whats the rest of the system and what is the max for budget?

 

i am on page 72 of 'show us your kit.'

budget wise i am not rich, i have 55 in my paypal account and wouldn't want to go more than double that, hence the 'ebay bargain' route.

 

Don't worry Rob can find you something, he has a house full of eBay bargain speakers that don't sound half bad

 

13 pairs and counting

 

Well, Linn Kabers are excellent speakers. However,
- I doubt you'll find a set for less than 200-300 GBP (all dependent on age, specs, and condition, though)
- I have no idea what their bass response is like compared to your existing speakers. My experience with Kabers is that they are probably a bit lean in the bottom - which I happen to prefer. Much rather an even and controlled bottom end than boomy bass all over the place
- Kabers can be rather system dependent, although in my experience they will work with something like a Nait 2, on the precondition that the room is not too large, and sound pressure levels are low to moderate.

Thom

 

As above, if you can find Kabers, great but with a budget at £100 or so that isn't likely.

I'd suggest waiting until you can afford around £200 as that will open the possibilities to some decent floorstanders such as the Mission 752 & 753 or perhaps something like the Rega Jura or Linn Kelidh.

Good stand mount speakers at £150-200 would be Epos ES11 and ES12 and perhaps the Mission 751. You might well get the latter within the £100 budget and they are excellent, but you'll need some stands to raise them around 50cm.

 

tdl rtl studio series. Blighted by the reputation of the modern offerings these go cheaply and I can think of few better for ease of driving and lots of bass.

 

Another vote for Mission 752s (Freedom). Gorgeous mid and treble. They have their critics for being lean on bass although I think they're fine when positioned to suit, which is a consideration for most speakers anyway. They go for about £120 a pair. I opted for some a couple of years back to plug a gap when I couldn't find anything new for £500-£750 that was great all round, and have stopped thinking about getting new speakers now.

Pete

 

I'd have to second the RTL3 or rarer TDL Studio series, but then I like a fuller range speaker that doesn't roll off so early in the bass a la Mission etc.

But then back in the day I preferred a TDL RTL3 to a Mission 753, not to mention (back in the day) keeping the money saved for a fairly decent amp.

 

Get some 3-way Jamo's

What about some of the older Tannoy's like these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tannoy-speake...omeAudioHiFi_HiFiSpeakers&hash=item3cb0adbd61

I'm sure the dud bass driver isn;t a big issue to get a replacement?? Not really up to speed with all their old models but my brother-in-law has a pair of these and always strike me as sounding nice.

Also, just as a wildcard, what do these sound like (Seller has incorrectly called them AMP, I always wanted some of the larger APM-66ES 3-ways ): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190440276463&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

Whoever won those Sony APMs got a fantastic bargain.

£24!!

Guess the name and looks put people off, but that's a seriously good and well made speaker with very advanced drivers.

 

well, that's a bargain for sure, but so is this:

monitor audio

i've contacted the guy to pick them up, no response as yet so i may have to pay the postage. i've had a pair of these before, they worked very well in a small system. they'll go into the second system in my garage i think to replace my ar112 bookshelves. i'll be giving those and my rotel ra-820b to a young lad that i know, he wants to play his laptop based music collection through them. seeing as the ar112s were £16 and the amp £8 it would seem churlish to ask him for any money.

that still leaves me with main system speakers - there's some cracking suggestions above this post so many thanks. i like the ides of the rtl3 floorstanders, also i've been watching some acoustic energy ae109 floorstanders, they ended up fetching £10.50:

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i've also been contacted by my long term loan richard allan owner and he's replaced them with something so they'll come back in the next few days, i'll post a picture and a review, maybe they'll be what i'm after.

bludclot.

 

Just looked at the images more closely and the bass drivers have some marks/dings and I assume there were no grilles. Still cool for a knockabout second system though.