Small floorstanding speaker recommendation

[bosa]

Hi all,

My daughter’s system consists of a Roksan Radius 5 / Nima, Whest Two, Roksan Kandy K2 amp and Epos M5 standmounts.

It all sounds pretty good albeit a bit lightweight and we can’t help feeling that a better / bigger speaker would give more ‘presence’ and weight to the sound.

She likes electronic, rock, dance music so a reasonable amount of bass would be good.

However space is limited in the 15’ x 9’ room and they will need to be close to a rear wall.

Budget around £500 secondhand.

Any suggestions?

Have thought about Neat Motive 2, PMC GB1, Edwards Audio SP2.

Many thanks
Jon

[ianlenco]

You might find a pair of Neat Motive SX2s if you are lucky - a pair sold on here a couple of years ago for £650. Downward firing bass which goes surprisingly deep and cute in stature. I had a pair which Alan bought and really liked the presentation.

[Gazjam]

Rega RS3s

worked wonderfully, loved mine when I had em.

[struth]

yeah was gonna say the regas myself but couldnt remember the no..lol

[steve-z]

Fyne Audio F500’s, a friend of mine has some and loves them, slightly over budget at £600 though. There is also a small floor stander the F302 5* rated and award winner on WHF for £399.

https://www.whathifi.com/fyne-audio/f302/review

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[bosa]

Some good suggestions.

I do like the idea of downward firing ports. Is it Audio Physic that does this too?

Do the Regas need space to the side where the bass driver is?

[Audio Al]

Impulse H6's if you can find a pair :)

[Pieoftheday]

Tannoy revolution dc4t are great, they do have a rear port but close to the wall didn't make any difference in my room, I have a pair doing nowt, shame you arnt closer:doh: bet you could get a nice pair for £150 ish, edit, a quick Google and they seem to be somewhat thin on the ground

[Lawrence001]

Tannoy revolution dc4t are great, they do have a rear port but close to the wall didn't make any difference in my room, I have a pair doing nowt, shame you arnt closer:doh: bet you could get a nice pair for £150 ish, edit, a quick Google and they seem to be somewhat thin on the groundWere richer sounds selling them cheap a few years ago? Would have thought there would be a few knocking about if so.

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[Stryder5]

Rega R3, You can choose which side the drivers are, mine face inwards and there's a chimney breast about 25cm away, no issues.

You can face the drivers outwards too.

Gary

[bbbiker800]

I have a slightly bigger room but my PMC GB1i's - which replaced Dynaudio Audience 52's - work well and don't overload the room. I get good imaging; they are more refined with better clarity. U shud be able to find the 'i' at £400+

[bosa]

Rega R3s seem to be in short supply!

PMC may work well with the type of music and are slim. Will look for something suitable.

[Lurch]

Dali Zensor 5 don't need to much room, 200 - 250mm from the wall, and can be had new well below budget. Had a pair in a 2nd system about a year ago and sounded very good.

[stevekr]

Tannoy Eclipse 2. Can be had for £129.00 at Richersounds https://www.richersounds.com/tannoy-floorstanding-speakers.html

I have a pair about 8 inches from the wall and they sound great. Their big brother the Eclipse 3 were What HIFI award winners.

My brother has the Fyne Audio 500s and had to admit that my Eclipses sounded better. FWIW.

[bosa]

Thanks for all your recommendations. I actually went only slightly over budget and managed to get some secondhand PMC 20.23s. Sounding great in my system but will not know what they are like with the Roksan system until the end of the month.