what speakers should i buy??

[tony340]

Somebody help!!!!!!!!!
Yeah guys been busy with the usual stuff, and just got back to my hifi craze
Any body got any info for me?? What speakers should i buy? By the way i did get a NAD C320BEE from a friend but i dont have decent speakers to hook it onto
So fellows any advice?? I'm looking at KEF IQ5, Mission M35i and Paradigm Monitor 7 or Studio 20

[jrhymeammo]

Somebody help!!!!!!!!!

I'm looking at KEF IQ5, Mission M35i and Paradigm Monitor 7 or Studio 20

By someone, I'm assuming everyone but me, since you seem to ignore my previous post. I dont care, I'll still try to help.

Your receiver is rated at 15 watts. As I mentioned above, I have no experience with your NAD, but all of your speaker options are out. The receiver's power output is not capable of playing your speakers. Of course you can choose to do what you want. They are certain guidelines that may want to be strongly considered, but you may choose to ignore them. Alot of members here do including myself. Alot of speaker companies recommend placing tweeters at your ear-level. I prefer mine about 4-8" higher.

Go get a pair of Paradigm Atoms. I'm not too fond of them, but they are considered great pair of budget speakers by many.
If you must get a pair from your list. Get a pair of Studio 20. They require least amount of wattages amoung the list. I think 20s require at MINIMUM of 15-20 watts. Bring your new receiver to a dealer near you and see if they allow you to hook it up.
I even gave you a phone number of Paradigm dealer in Hong Kong. For that you MUST reply this back to me.

-Did you call them?
-Is there a dealer near you?
-Did you pay them a visit?

Of course you may choose not to. I have a feeling that if you dont, alot of members here may feel that you are impossible to help.
I understand that every culture has different standard. For that, they may not allow you to bring in your gear to hookup to items that are not yours. I know in Japan, test drive of automobiles do no exist. Kinda like how Harley D do business in US. Once someone test drives speakers with your equipment, they may consider that item to be unsellable item. Another question for you.

-"Have you listened to any of those speakers with or without your NAD?".
-"Have you had a chance to listen to them at all?
-If Yes, :What did you think of them?"

If you like what you heard then go for it. I want to make sure for YOUR sake that your receivers are capable of driving most speakers. Let's go from there, and maybe we can help you.

I dont think your budget can exceed more than $600. I'm not going back and forth to your original post, but I dont think I'm way off. Consider increasing your budget and look for a pair of high efficent speakers above 95dbs that require no less than 15 watts. They tend to be more expensive.
You may also want consider Klipsch RB61 or something. They have higher sensitivity in general than other speaker companys. I think their sensitivity really flucturates though.

I think you are in search for the ultimate answer to which speakek is the absolute best. Nobody here can answer you that, except for some irrational fools.

If you ended up getting a different receiver, I bet we can give you more help and other options. But I think you had your heart set on that receiver so we can work with that.


I hope you did find my post offensive. I just wanted to make certain things clear with you so we can help in very effective and efficent manner.

We are here to help, so give us detailed info on what you have done so far based on all of our help.

Good luck and we'll be waiting to hear what you've done with our help.

-JRA