esbrewer;640128 Wrote: > The Dalis and Meridians look promising but are probably a bit out of > what I want to spend on a bookshelf placement - thanks for the > suggestions. > > To bring this back to my basic question however - has anyone here > upgraded from a well designed monitor to a newer version within the > same (or similar line) and seen huge improvements? incremental > improvements? no improvements - or worse? > > The optimist in me wants to spend, the pessimist sees diminished > returns.
Given that speakers are BY FAR the biggest contributor to the overall sound of a system, it strikes me as unlikely that someone would upgrade from Brand X, Model Y to Brand X, Model Y.1... Speakers are unlike "electronics" in that respect - lots of folks would move from a 3rd-gen iThing to a 4th Gen iThing to get the latest bells, whistles and kudos. An analoguous speaker upgrade would seem unlikely to tick the same boxes... Often it is possible to get a manufacturer upgrade (e.g. new tweeter or x-over) instead. For what it's worth, the ProAC Tablette is far and away the best small passive monitor I've heard...not sure it fits your budget though. As with all micro/bookshelf monitors, a sub is required if you want any actual bass below 70 Hz... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88582 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
