Speaker recommendations

[diviy]

I am getting to the point where my speakers are now holdimg my system back ..
My current sysgem is tubed mono blocked system controlled by a new passive pre amp my
Speakers are Dali Zensor 3s they sit about 6 1/2ft apart and fire towards my settee that is abot
8 feet from them the length odf my room is 26 feet long .
I think I am have to go floor standers but I am on a tight budget so I will have to go secomd hand .
Any recomendations please budget is £500

Cheers Gerry

[hifinutt]

May I recommend the b&w 607s2 or 606s2 .if you get a discount they will be in your budget.absolutely delightful is the 607 s2. Nice finish , very natural sound.been really enjoying them past few days . I could easily live with these , they may be vinyl wrap but they are great value .Diana it all was sounding very captivating. They are detailed but not fatiguing. I can imagine the 606 s2 is even better

[hifinutt]

If you want floorstanders audio emotion have a number of open box Dali floorstanders .if you look on the wam there is a nice pair of b&w cm7 for 350 . A lot of speaker for the money

[diviy]

do you have a link for them hifiinut had a look cant find them

[Gazjam]

Hi Gerry,

I run a set of the Dali Zensor 5 floorstanders, they sound great and come in around your budget.

[hifinutt]

do you have a link for them hifiinut had a look cant find them

my bad gerald ... it was pfm . a lot of speaker for the money !!!

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/b-w-bowers-and-wilkins-cm7-speakers-with-spikes-and-bungs.249497/

[diviy]

Thanks hifinut i have sent a msg asking if he will pack them up as i can use overland express to collect them waiting on a reply .
I have also come across a set of Acoustic Energy AE209 Floorstanding Speakers any thoughts on them ?

[hifinutt]

seems he will not pack up , sad . Not too sure about the Acoustic energy but i do know the B&W speakers are well known and personally i rather like them

in your budget though i dont think you can beat the dali ikons !! at 490 seems a good deal . audio emotion have a superb rep

https://www.audioemotion.co.uk/dali-ikon-5-loudspeakers---new-opened-box-24827-p.asp

[ramsden]

KEF R300 or LS50 would be also interesting choices if standmounts.

[diviy]

Down to two choices Dali IIkon 5s or Dali Spector 6S done my nut right in what ones to go for HELP

[brian2957]

The Spektors are the newest range of Dali speakers . I've just replaced the Spektor 2s with the Oberon 1s and both are excellent IMO . If it was me I'd go for the Spektors , but TBH both will be very good :)

[diviy]

I have just found a set of focal chorus 716 last with 50% off any thoughts on them they only have one set left
:doh::doh::doh::doh:

[Floyddroid]

Anyone got a pair of Dali Optigon 8 they want to sell on?

[Macca]

I have just found a set of focal chorus 716 last with 50% off any thoughts on them they only have one set left
:doh::doh::doh::doh:

Yeah get them.

[hifinutt]

Only if you hear them , last pair of focals like that nearly took my ears off , and I love focals. Like painstripper they were

[fatmarley]

If the Focal Chorus 807V is anything to go by, then I personally wouldn't.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/focal-chorus-807v-loudspeaker-measurements

[Macca]

If the Focal Chorus 807V is anything to go by, then I personally wouldn't.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/focal-chorus-807v-loudspeaker-measurements

aside from it being a totally different speaker design to the 716 what is wrong with it? Look how flat it is through the mid-band. Okay it peaks up a bit after 10Khz but there's not a lot going on up there anyway.

[fatmarley]

aside from it being a totally different speaker design to the 716 what is wrong with it? Look how flat it is through the mid-band. Okay it peaks up a bit after 10Khz but there's not a lot going on up there anyway.

There's a sharp peak of about 2.5 to 3db relative to the midrange from 4.5khz that just keeps going up. It could be that there's actually a dip in the midrange relative to everything else though. Either way, I wouldn't like it. 10khz and up sound better with a smallpeak IMO, but as I said, it's below that, that's the problem.

[Macca]

yes there is a bit of a shelf there but not that much. That'll be to give the Focal 'house sound' I suppose, emphasise the presence band.

But they are flat through the critical area where most two-ways have a peak or a dip.

[hifinutt]

Shrill, unpleasant and unbearable is how I would describe the last pair of focal speakers at richer sounds !! And I am normally a big fan

[Macca]

Could have been the amplifier you were hearing? Good speakers show up faults, they don't cover them over.

Or maybe they just were a bad one. This is why it always helps to have some measurements, ideally independent ones. Then you know what's what.