What speakers to get?

[steviej233]

I will be turning 30 in a couple of months and my wife is looking for ideas, she mentioned getting me new speakers and that got me thinking - do i want to upgrade? The budget is £800 and i want another set of monitors, so there it is gents what do you think is the best i can get for that money? Suggestions please!

[Yomanze]

Music preferences? Anything in particular that you want to improve? Speakers are probably the most 'personal' component as they have the biggest impact on the overall sound.

[steviej233]

Sorry chaps it is early, i meant to say that i want them to be floor standing.

[steviej233]

Music preferences? Anything in particular that you want to improve? Speakers are probably the most 'personal' component as they have the biggest impact on the overall sound.

I am running a Sony DA-2400ES av receiver and my sources are mainly coming from a PC, music tast varies SO much, one minute it i will be listening to classical, the next hip hop, the next metal and so on. My paradigms have been with me for a long time and they have a good warm bassy sound but with quite a lot of detail, i am going to try an demo the new version of them and see what they are like. My system also get used a lot for watching films with a blu ray player as the source and a sky HD box so they have to be very musical but have great punch and detail for that cinematic feel. Not to much required eh?

[icehockeyboy]

If you could set the budget a bit higher, Isuckmandellsonslemons has a bnib pair of Ushers in the classifieds, they are sublime!

[synsei]

If you could set the budget a bit higher, Isuckmandellsonslemons has a bnib pair of Ushers in the classifieds, they are sublime!

+1

[realysm42]

I reckon this would compliment your system nicely:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper-Plate-Speaker/

[steviej233]

I reckon this would compliment your system nicely:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper-Plate-Speaker/

The search is over!

[steviej233]

If you could set the budget a bit higher, Isuckmandellsonslemons has a bnib pair of Ushers in the classifieds, they are sublime!

I think i am being thick but i can't see them......

[realysm42]

Here you go:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23516