Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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You can probably build that Meadowlark for much much cheaper. If you like the meadowlark look at DIY designs. I can tell you off the bat that they are using the scanspeak revelator tweeter and the mid end scanspeak 18w/8546. The midrange is the scanspeak revelator mid.
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Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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I agree that the Vadersteins are great speakers, so are the relatively modestly priced Harbeth and Spendors. The Maggies are incredible and very modestly priced.
Enjoy the Music. Trust your ears. Laugh at Folks Who Claim to Know it All.
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Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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Wow, that's interesting. I am not very handy, but will look into this.
DIY high-end speakers? That's a totally new concept too me. You learn something new everyday.
M60 + QS8 + SVS PB10 + Yamaha HTR-5640 + Pioneer 578a
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Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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Oh yes, a set of maggys . I might get a set of mmg's for my home office.
M80's VP150 QS8's Earthquake SuperNova MKV-15 Integra DTR-7.4 Outlaw 755 Outlaw M200's Outlaw ICBM
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Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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A friend of mine has a pair of Allison One speakers that he bought from a kid in the early 80's for $100! Not too long ago, they were brought back into production and I believe they go for around $3500. I'm not sure about that though.
Anyway, they have a smooth natural sound about them that is highly detailed. They aren't very forward speakers, but they aren't laid back or warm either...just very neutral. They seem to require a lot of power though. The only thing I'm not too keen about is their wide dispersion design. They are made to be placed against a wall and away from the corners. It's a nice feature if placement is an issue, but somehow I feel the imaging is being compromised a bit. I'd still like to have a pair of them though.
M60s VP150 QS8s Marantz SR6003 Samsung LN52B550 Oppo DV-980H Insignia NS-WBRDVD
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DIY used to be the most common way to get high end speakers. I think that changed about 20 years ago, but before that most really nice sounding speakers were really ugly
M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39 M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1 LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8
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I would go with the VS 4jr's. Sweet speakers.
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Re: Upgrade choices for M60 owners with a few gran
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I would look at models from the following mfg'ers:
- Reference 3a (although I would not limit them to calling them bookshelves - the de Capo's are among the best regardless of size)
- Totem
- Castle
- Living Voice
- Sonus Faber
- Focus Audio
as well as some of the models mentioned above - Thiel, Maggies, Martin Logan, etc
..this list could get long!!!!
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