bookshelf speaker recommendations?

[oldson]

Simon there are some lovely Rogers JR149's in the Private Exhibitions section...

https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...9-Mk1-Speakers

They use the same drivers as the famous, and expensive LS3/5a's, and in my opinion are probably the best near field monitors ever made...

thanks for the heads-up Bev, but i doubt they would offer the increased low end that i am after. plus they would not suit my wall brackets.

i am going to trial a small sub to compliment my dali's (rel t-zero), will see how that goes.
cheers

[steve-z]

A friend of mine had some JR149s back in the 1970s, from memory they sounded pretty good although he had to upgrade to a more powerful amp to drive them comfortably as they are quite inefficient, about 80db/w I believe, bass was pretty decent using the dedicated wall mounts.


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[Macca]

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major stumbling block is richer sounds dont allow free home trials, from what i have read elsewhere.

I'd ask them. They let me take their top of the range cd player home on sale or return.

[karma67]

i recently heard a pair of Dynaudio Emit M20's, they are great speakers and well worth an audition.

[oldson]

Audio Note don't generally publish prices - you need to ask one of their dealers like The Audiobarn.

Mel,
when you sold me the RP3 (which i'm loving btw) i could not help but notice that even though you have some high end stand mount speakers , you still use a sub!
its made me think that i may need to follow suit , but within my budget of course.
do you (or anyone else for that matter) feel that stand mount speakers always need a sub?
or was it because your speakers are not close to a back wall?
cheers

[oldson]

finally bagged a 2nd hand pair of M10's off ebay, may still add a sub later.

[Cycleallday]

Mel,
when you sold me the RP3 (which i'm loving btw) i could not help but notice that even though you have some high end stand mount speakers , you still use a sub!
its made me think that i may need to follow suit , but within my budget of course.
do you (or anyone else for that matter) feel that stand mount speakers always need a sub?
or was it because your speakers are not close to a back wall?
cheers

Sorry for the late reply, i didn't spot your post,

The sub is from MJ Acoustics and is designed to partner with hifi rather than TV surround sound like a lot of the cheaper subs.

I bought it on impulse and tend to switch it in and out as i feel which tends to infer i am not convinced about its benefit. When in use its set to kick in around 60 Hz so only adds a little to the bottom end (my speakers go down to 50Hz on paper).

They are not a fix for a poor speaker and many are set too high so give a mono sound to all bass notes (think boomy). When just adding a little they can work quite well.

Mine is not for sale but you are welcome to give it a try to see if a sub will give what you what you are looking for. PM me if you wish to try it.

Glad to see you got the speakers you were chasing

Mel

[oldson]

thanks for the reply Mel.
just set the M10's up , such a massive upgrade on my poor old Dali's (which were good for the price).
not sure i'll be needing a sub now but i appreciate the trial offer.
my wallet needs to recover until the new year now at least
cheers