Best Bookshelf speakers up to $3000

[jrhymeammo]

ESL's = single driver speaker. No crossovers and the best transient response there is.

jrhymeammo:
I always called it the credit card sound. Sort of plastic like. It may be the tweeter sections of the smaller models. The 1.6QR's have less of it. The true ribbons on the 3.6R's and 20's sound much better than the QR models. Also, if you turn them around and listen to the backs they sound a lot better. This works on all the Maggies I've heard.

Hey Joe,

I've often described the sound as "Plasticky" but felt like I wasn't expressing it correctly, thus Aluminum foil... I've not been fortunate to audition 20s, but 3.6R's do sound nice. They portray less of "Plastiluminum" sound, but not natural either. Nice boxless sound though.

[Feanor]

Hey Joe,

I've often described the sound as "Plasticky" but felt like I wasn't expressing it correctly, thus Aluminum foil... I've not been fortunate to audition 20s, but 3.6R's do sound nice. They portray less of "Plastiluminum" sound, but not natural either. Nice boxless sound though.

Hiro, other than that you don't care for Magneplanar, I have no idear what you're talking about. "Plasticky" or "Plastiluminum" convey no meaning to me, nor I suspect, very many other people.

What is clear is that you like to play with toys. You played with Magneplanar for while and have moved on -- out of boredom if for no better reason. What next's next after the Tylers?

[JoeE SP9]

Lest anyone get the wrong impression, I would choose Magnaplanars over any comparably priced box. MMG's with the addition of a decent sub (~$500) are better than any $1000 pair of boxes. The 1.6QR IMO is one of the best buys in audio.The boxless sound far outweighs the small amount of "plastiluminum" in their sound. The 3.6R is simply a fantastically good speaker. The true ribbon tweeter reduces the "plastiluminum" sound to negligible levels.The MG-20 is simply one of the best real world (barely affordable) speakers in existence.
I know everyone doesn't agree with me. That's OK, Maggy owners do.

[hifitommy]

a FINE sounding little speaker with not bad low frequency output. quite natural sounding as they are the descendants of the LS3/5As with the difference of being easy to mate with a sub.

the DO want some power though, at 84db sensitivity.at just about $1k for the new model. i dont know about availability in oz though.

[jrhymeammo]

Hiro, other than that you don't care for Magneplanar, I have no idear what you're talking about. "Plasticky" or "Plastiluminum" convey no meaning to me, nor I suspect, very many other people.

What is clear is that you like to play with toys. You played with Magneplanar for while and have moved on -- out of boredom if for no better reason. What next's next after the Tylers?

Hey Bill,
I would hate to assume anything, but I'm starting to suspect people who love Magnepan hear "Tone" differently. Hear me out here. Least assume below statement is correct.

Gilbert Godfrey thinks everyone on Earth, except Fran Drescher on TBS at 4AM, has odd sounding voice.

Perhaps I'm the one who is Gilbert. I've never heard anyone complain the sound of Shelter 501mk2, but to me it sounded "Fran Drestiluminum" to my messed up ears.

Tylers? I've moved on to Brines Acoustics FB-20. Very nice sounding pair. I still have the Tylers, but they are just collecting dust. I guess we ought to be thankful of speaker choices in N America.

Best Wishes,
JRA