Floorstanders, Bookshelf or Headphones - POLL

[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.

[JaS]

McIntosh MC250 driving Dynaudio D76 and D28AF's

That's similar to the drivers in my Crusaders, D76 mid, D28/2 treble and I think a 17w75 ext woofer? Nice drivers the Dynaudios, although my boxes are a little smaller

Regards,
JaS

[josephazannieri]

Yo JaS:

Just LOOOVE those Dynaudios! SMOOOOOOOTH! And fairly efficient! The 17W75's are nice, but don't have that same low end.

And good luck from that old smoothie,

Joe Z.

[Aural Addict]

Focal 836V for music system
Polk Audio LSi15 with cent rears and micropro sub for HT
Bose LSV25 (don't blame me, I won it in a sales contest)

[sjam]

Hi for me it's floorstanders combined with a very lage bookshelf system: AR LST stacked on AR 3A The sound - beautiful bass and dynamics and lots of volume.Sam

[JaS]

Just LOOOVE those Dynaudios! SMOOOOOOOTH! And fairly efficient! The 17W75's are nice, but don't have that same low end.

Smooth indeed. I was a little worried they were too polite when I first heard mine, but they quickly won me over As for the bottom end, I can always fill in with my REL Storm, but don't feel the Crusaders need much help in my room.

Regards,
JaS

[v1nn1e]

I recently heard some Zingali Overtures, an Italian floorstander.

They were absolutely incredible! They use a horn design and it has to be said they are expensive but they look and sound gorgeous.

[lonergan2468]

Audiolab CDQ cd player inc preamp, Audiolab 8200MB mono poweramps, XLR cables, Mitchell Gyro deck, tecno arm, clearaudio maestro cart, Magneplanar 1.7 panel speakers, stereovox firebird speaker cable, Isotek mains conditioner.

[brain_spo0n]

I've got a bit of a silly setup for now, but I consider the sound acceptable

technics SL-B1
JVC RX-558V
Advent loudspeakers (1980)

I would like to get a NAD amp in the future and play with the belt driven technics a bit before I replace it. I'm sure I'll find a single disc CD player someday, or maybe rig up my old playstation

[nabil]

Musical Fidelity A3cr Preamp
A pair of B & K M200 Monoblock amplifiers
Thiel 2.2
Kef Reference 102 with Kube external cross-over

[BloFish]

I'm thrilled with my Sansui SF-2 speakers.

[JoeE SP9]

Just check my signature. I use electrostatic mains with transmission line sub woofers.

Unlike many esl's Acoustats will play quite loud. They are rated to produce 110dB at 18' in a 14'x22' room. I have measured +106dB with my old Rat Shack meter at the sweet spot. The maximum my old meter reads is 106dB. It was actually louder because the needle was bouncing hard off the 106dB stop.

[Paraneer]

Vienna Acoustics Bach Grands, small but gorgeous towers in both sound and appearance.

[LPM]

JaS I hope I've classified my Vandersteen 3A Sigs correctly. I've ticked the Transmission Line box as I understand that at least their tweeter and mid-range drivers are to quote Stereophile, 'transmission-line–loaded'. They are not ported in a conventional sense though to me I would normally describe them as floor-standers for all practical purposes. Sound great though whatever the internals are called.