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Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:37 pm
by mars
Hi all, looking for nice pair of floorstanding speakers, my budget is around 2300€ for S/H ones, my room would be 20 sq/m,I would be very interested something like Focal 1027, Mordaunt short performance 6 Black , Kef reference 20- , Triangle Lyrr, Sonus faber, Something ease to drive, amp would be Rotel rmb1095 Onkyo proc. All Chord signature cables.
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:30 am
by jkeny
mars wrote:Hi all, looking for nice pair of floorstanding speakers, my budget is around 2300€ for S/H ones, my room would be 20 sq/m,I would be very interested something like Focal 1027, Mordaunt short performance 6 Black , Kef reference 20- , Triangle Lyrr, Sonus faber, Something ease to drive, amp would be Rotel rmb1095 Onkyo proc. All Chord signature cables.
Have you looked into Fran & Gerry pre-built Frugal Horns? Very easy to drive & reportedly sound excellent. I'm commissioning a pair shortly from them!
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:26 pm
by Fran
If you'd like to call for a demo mars, shoot me a pm. The frugal horns do meet your criteria alright. To quote tom waits:
That's right, it filets, it chops, it dices, slices, Never stops, lasts a lifetime, mows your lawn And it mows your lawn and it picks up the kids from school It gets rid of unwanted facial hair, it gets rid of embarrassing age spots, It delivers a pizza, and it lengthens, and it strengthens And it finds that slipper that's been at large under the chaise lounge for several weeks And it plays a mean Rhythm Master, It makes excuses for unwanted lipstick on your collar
Well they nearly do all that!
:-)
Fran
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:32 pm
by cybot
LOL :-)))))) How could you refuse an offer like that!!
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:08 pm
by mars
cybot wrote:LOL :-)))))) How could you refuse an offer like that!!
No doubt,they probably really great speakers,but this is not exactly what i'm looking for,thanks for the offer.
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:40 pm
by Fran
Kronos often have some stuff on sale as well as Cloneys - worth a try too!
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:57 am
by mars
Fran wrote:Kronos often have some stuff on sale as well as Cloneys - worth a try too!
Thanks for advice.
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:07 pm
by Diapason
Your budget is pretty chunky, so I wouldn't rule out new speakers from the likes of System Audio. I know it's a perverse thing to say, but are you wedded to the idea of second-hand?
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:44 pm
by mars
Diapason wrote:Your budget is pretty chunky, so I wouldn't rule out new speakers from the likes of System Audio. I know it's a perverse thing to say, but are you wedded to the idea of second-hand?
I prefer second hand ones, at the moment i found kef reference 205/1 in UK for very reasonable prise, so if seller will ship them to me ,i'm sorted.
Re: Wanted : Floorstanding speakers
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:17 pm
by Fran
There was a set of kef 105/2 reference speakers on either donedeal or gumtree a while back for reasonable money - migh tbe worth doing a search over there too.
Fran