Energy, Von Schweikert, B&W, NHT
I'm about to pull my hair out because I'm getting "gun shy" about pulling the trigger on what to get. I have the NHT's right now, but only have them for another 4 days before I have to pay a restocking fee. In all fairness to them, I didn't properly break them in but when comparing to my old Energy C3's, their highs sounded a tad muffled. I should probably give them more of a chance.
What I liked more about the NHT was the midrange, so smart me thinks that a 3-way Energy speaker, the Veritas 2.2i is the way to go because I get an Energy tweeter, plus a 3-way design.
I've read nothing bad about the Von Schweikert VR1's and could buy them solely off of the reviews. As for the B&W, well its a B&W. Someone mentioned them being bright, but I had Klipsch before, so I take that w/a grain of salt.....as I do with everything because we all hear differently and like different source material.
For the record, all will cost me the same +/- $100 so price is no object. Also how much of an advantage does having a dedicated midrange driver make over a 2-way design. I see bookshelf speakers costing over 3k a pair w/only a 2-way design. So do I lend my midrange preference in the NHT to the speaker itself or the fact that it has a dedicated midrange driver????
I'm about 80% HT/PS3/TV. I do listen to music alot, but my listening area is poor, it's not a dedicated audio room, and I don't listen to much jazz, classical, or opera, etc. Should I even be this discriminating of a shopper given my habits and go for Energy RC-10, NHT Classic Two, PSB Image 25, a smaller B&W? I see Paradigm 20's on here all the time. How much do these run?
What I need to do is stop reading these damn forums and just buy something already!!! :) lol