Speakers are a personal choice. The Sonus Faber Concertino Domus are nice starting monitor speakers and pfarrell is correct that to get your moneys worth out of them you need stands. You also need to be away from the rear and side walls.
My suggestion would be to do some listening to your type of music on different speakers in your price range. My last thoughts would be if you have to put money into large expensive stands to get the proper sound and performance out of the speaker why not put that money into a full range floor standing speaker. I keep going back to my opinion that you might be better off taking some time to listen to Thiels or Vandersteens before parting with your cash. No need for stands, the speakers are just as efficient (if not more), go down lower in the base (for jazz and classical that you listen to). If you like the way they sound, look for a used pair on Audiogon as in Thiel point 5s, 1.4, 2.3s used, Vandersteen Model 1C (New), Vandy Model 2s used are all in your budget range. With the Model 2s you would even move up to a speaker with a true midrange. All these speakers also have the advantages of first order cross-overs and are time and phase correct. Just some additional things to think about, by the way, what lines does your local dealer carry in speakers? -- iPhone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39226 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
