Need a reco please - bookshelf speakers with a bright / very bright balance

[bbbiker800]

Ditto Macca..... Another suggestion would be Rogers JR149 with treble adjustment. Might even increase in value so that aspect may appeal.

[Lawrence001]

How are the Kef X1s ???

Sorry forgot about this thread I actually liked the tonal balance but had 2 issues. The bass was more than acceptable for the size but heard a few resonances. The main issue though was the "hypertweeter" did not meld perfectly with the tweeter. The advantages of the uniq tweeter were ruined by some smearing of the image, possibly some phase issues too if that's possible with HF.

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[hayche]

Tannoy DC6 are nice and bright and detailed.

[fletchdirect]

Well, I had previously needed some new speakers acceptable to the wife and to counterbalance a warm sounding system. Big thanks for all of the suggestions, but in the end decided to go for a semi diy route and got the soldering iron out....

I had brought back some old Ruark Swordsman speakers from a mate and performed some surgery as they sounded as flat as a pancake with the stock drivers.

- drivers replaced with vifa woofers p17wj and scanspeak d2608/9130 tweeters.

- internal rewire with chord odyssey 2, back wiring is jantzen 18 awg silver plated copper.

- for the moment no crossover as such just a single cap to the tweeter mounted on the rear, woofer connected directly to the amp. Appreciate this has its pros and cons, but working well for me.

So far sounding fab, masses of detail vs what I heard previously from the equipment and much wider soundstage. Really clean sound with the sort of brighter edge I was looking for.

The sony cdp 915e and Kenwood l-1000m are performing lounge duties very admirably!! (Albeit minus stands/racks).

thanks to all, pics below

Cheers, julian

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[rigger67]

ProAc Tablettes if you can find a pair for the money

[fletchdirect]

ProAc Tablettes if you can find a pair for the money

Hi, as said, decided to go for a diy route. Thanks anyway.