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Looking for stereo speakers, not studio monitors (already have Event 20/20
bi-amped).

May listen to the Hales Revelation 3 or 5s tomorrow. Right size, but sort of
$$$. Considered
Martin Logans, but am worried about placement issues. These are going in my
lab which is
cramped (around 13 x 15) and these have to be against a wall.

Paul S.

Yorkville ASM-1s? Did I get the model number right? Or is it AS-1? Anyway,
they sound great and they're really inexpensive. Many of my audiophile
friends really like them for smaller rooms.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 12:14 AM
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> Subject: [motm] [OT] speakers
>
>
> Looking for stereo speakers, not studio monitors (already have Event 20/20
> bi-amped).
>
> May listen to the Hales Revelation 3 or 5s tomorrow. Right size,
> but sort of
> $$$. Considered
> Martin Logans, but am worried about placement issues. These are
> going in my
> lab which is
> cramped (around 13 x 15) and these have to be against a wall.
>
> Paul S.
>
>
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I've got some Sony 300 Watt Magnetically Shielded Ones...
That in your price range?  ;)

skin_job


>From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
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>Subject: [motm] [OT] speakers
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:13:45 -0500
>
>Looking for stereo speakers, not studio monitors (already have Event 20/20
>bi-amped).
>
>May listen to the Hales Revelation 3 or 5s tomorrow. Right size, but sort 
>of
>$$$. Considered
>Martin Logans, but am worried about placement issues. These are going in my
>lab which is
>cramped (around 13 x 15) and these have to be against a wall.
>
>Paul S.
>
>
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>Considered Martin Logans, but am worried about placement issues.
>These are going in my lab which is cramped (around 13 x 15) and
>these have to be against a wall.

Mmmmm..... Martin Logan Sequels.  But if space is a concern I
whole-heartedly recommend the Totem Arro:

http://www.totemacoustic.com/Arro.html
http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/todd28.htm
http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/Speaker/product_8511.shtml

Or if you want something bookshelf sized locate a pair of used
Totem Totts.

-Cary

Do you have these?

I listened to some Hales today. Sounded OK, certainly NOT worth the $$$.

Paul S.

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From: "Cary Roberts" <cary.roberts@...>
To: "motm" <motm@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] [OT] speakers


> >Considered Martin Logans, but am worried about placement issues.
> >These are going in my lab which is cramped (around 13 x 15) and
> >these have to be against a wall.
> 
> Mmmmm..... Martin Logan Sequels.  But if space is a concern I
> whole-heartedly recommend the Totem Arro:
> 
> http://www.totemacoustic.com/Arro.html
> http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/todd28.htm
> http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/Speaker/product_8511.shtml
> 
> Or if you want something bookshelf sized locate a pair of used
> Totem Totts.
> 
> -Cary
> 
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>Do you have these?
>
>I listened to some Hales today. Sounded OK, certainly NOT worth the $$$.

If I was home for more than five days a month I would own a pair
of the Totem Arros.  They have a very smooth and natural soundstage.
Anything acoustic or jazz or folk sounds tremendous.  Genesis,
Peter Gabriel, etc also sound pretty good on them, but I wouldn't
recommend them for alternative rock or industrial music.  They
sound great in small to medium size rooms although I'm not sure
they have enough volume to work in large family rooms.  They suck
up the juice so you'll need a strong amp.

I personally own a pair of PSBs and a smaller set of Mordaunt-Shorts.
The PSBs are great for rock and roll albeit a little boomy in
the low end if placement is not considered.  The Mordaunt-Shorts
are nice all around but not as detailed as the Totems.  The PSBs
definitely have an edge of the M-Ss in the low end, but the M-Ss'
lowend is tight and controlled down to the cutoff.  I used to
mix on the PSBs, and the slight boominess actually helped me tighten
up my mixes.  The one mix I did on the M-Ss had a slightly heavy
lowend as the M-Ss roll off gently under 50Hz or so.  But I have
Mackie HR824s now so those points are null.

-Cary

In a message dated 7/11/00 11:08:49 PM, synth1@... writes:

<< Looking for stereo speakers, not studio monitors (already have Event 20/20
bi-amped). >>

Hard to go wrong with anything from B&W, especially the classic 801.

Ivan