Floorstanders, Bookshelf or Headphones - POLL

[Tedrick]

I prefer full-range floorstanders for most listening. Infinity RS-IIb's are my primary speakers when the missus will let me take over the living room for an extended session. Otherwise, it's Sony SS-M7's. I also have some Infinity RS-IIIb's in a secondary system.

[Audie]

Whatmough 502i Large 1.2 mtr high spealers on stands.

These were excellent replacements for my Maggie MG3's.

Audie

[Ldg]

Homebrew TL speakers, not changed for ages. Like well fitting boots.

Also use NF (not listed, bookself I suppose) for test and ad-hoc listening.

[MasterCylinder]

Planar

[JaS]

Do we really have no Electrostatic users? Have we all got rooms that are too small to accommodate these, or is there some other reason they have so far gone unmentioned? I remember hearing a pair or Martin Logans (I'm not sure which model?) about 20 years ago when buying some gear off a guy and they were truly captivating. He had them about ten feet from the back wall and 4 feet from side walls though

Regards,
JaS

[Audie]

JaS, I have a pair of kostas Metaxis Electrostatic floorstand speakers, designed by Alan Gregory. I am not using them at present. they do sound good, but I prefer the higher SPL of largefloorstander dynamic speakers.
Audie.

[rolleye]

Magneplanar MG-1b's
Infinity Kappa 8's
QLN Classics
John Bowers Active 1's

Maggies have just been sold

so all floorstanders then ... ooops .. except the QLN's

[satanfriendly]

He had them about ten feet from the back wall and 4 feet from side walls though

So about three feet away from the listener on the couch on the other wall?

[MasterCylinder]

Magneplanar 1.7 I LOVE mine

[G Doggett]

Mission M34i. Great sound from 'budget'floorstanding speakers.

[JaS]

He had them about ten feet from the back wall and 4 feet from side walls though

So about three feet away from the listener on the couch on the other wall?

LOL, no they were about 1/3rd of the way into the room. I can afford the speakers now but not the space...

Regards,
JaS

[JaS]

JaS, I have a pair of kostas Metaxis Electrostatic floorstand speakers, designed by Alan Gregory. I am not using them at present. they do sound good, but I prefer the higher SPL of largefloorstander dynamic speakers.
Audie.

High SPL and wide bandwidth are important to me too

Regards,
JaS

[LousyTourist]

mine are both floorstanding and horn loaded, no way to pick both so I chose horn loaded.

Klipschorns, from 1978, original owners.

[josephazannieri]

Yo speaker seekers:

Main system: Biamped passive crossover Dynaudio system. Dyna ST-120 driving Dynaudio 30W100's in 6 cubic foot boxes with passive 6 dB/octave crossover @400 Hz.
McIntosh MC250 driving Dynaudio D76 and D28AF's with passive 6dB/octave crossover @400 Hz and 5000Hz for mids and tops. computed F3 of 26 Hz. More like floorsitting, because they take up about 8 square feet each.

Production studio: Kenwood 100WPC recever driving modified Dayton Audio BR-1's. Bookshelf.

Office: Dynaco SCA 80Q driving Magneplanar MG-1B's.Floorstanding.

And good luck from that BIG, LOW guy,

Joe Z.