Speaker Choice - Dynaudio?

[kdogg]

Forgot to mention:

Room is 18' x 25'

I listen to Orchestra, Jazz, Classic Rock, Movie Scores... Almost eveything!

Wire choice is probably going to be Kimber Kable 4VS or 4TC, and their entry level interconnects.

Maybe a Richard Grays 400mkII !

Thanks again.

[Geoffcin]

Forgot to mention:

Room is 18' x 25'

I listen to Orchestra, Jazz, Classic Rock, Movie Scores... Almost eveything!

Wire choice is probably going to be Kimber Kable 4VS or 4TC, and their entry level interconnects.

Maybe a Richard Grays 400mkII !

Thanks again.

And a decent budget so my advice is;

Listen to a whole bunch of speakers before you decide. My guess is that the Theil 1.6's would be a little small for your room. 3.6's would be my preference in a room your size. I've heard the Dynaudio Contours and like them. B&W and Dynaudio both make quality speakers, although they voice them differently.

If your on a tight budget I would very much reccomend a used set of speakers. I've purchased used on Audiogon.com, and still have an old set of Magnepan III's I bought that way.

[NickWH]

B&W is supposed to synergize well with Rotel gear, but that doesn't mean it will sound the best to you in your room. The range of speakers you are looking at are definitely inline with the gear you will be using them with, if not a little higher. One thing is for sure: that Rotel amp has enough juice to power any speaker you want. I would drop Thiel and Jamo off the list. On the Rotel website there is a HiFi Choice review in PDF format of the latest Rotel Integrated and CDP hooked up to Monitor Audio Silver S8 speakers. They spoke very highly of them mated to that system, so you may want to check out Monitor Audio as well.

[Buzz Roll]

Although I do like Dynaudio, I recently auditioned a pair of Totem Hawks and liked them a lot. I haven't tried Thiel yet, but their design makes a lot of sense to me.

I've tried both Kimbers and I liked the TC much better, the VS being a little too dark (on my system). If you don't mind trying another company, I moved over to Analysis Plus Oval 1 interconnects and Oval 12 speaker cables with a nice improvement.

[RGA]

Which B&W? Personally not a fan of the Thiels I heard mnany years ago - people claim they're accurate and better than anything - I dunno.

The Dynaudio 82 is probably the best floorstander for sane money that I have heard - though you should see if you can hear my speakers someplace. But if you want floorstanders the Danes would be my pick - but I have not heard everything so keep an ear out for lesser known gear...if it's lesser known there may be a reason your dealer carries them - quite often I have been way more impressed with the no namer than the marketing machine stuff.

[Buzz Roll]

Right on, RGA. I poke around audioholics.com and I'm amazed at how impressed they are over there with the mass market stuff.

[kdogg]

Thanks for all of your help, everybody has been helpful.

Although I haven't seen anyone mention Totem Acoustic, I would like to know if anyone has had some listening experience with them.

Also, has anyone used a Richard Gray's 400mkII ? I just want to know if it would benifit the level of system that I will be getting.