any suggestions on tower speakers

1niteryder

I would like to get some tower style speakers for my system. Any suggestions on what to get or what not to get?

zane77

What are you using these for, music, home theater, and what's your budget?

RamZet

I did a martinlogan setup for my sister, I am very impressed with them.
We used the Motion 10's. They are very powerful and crystal clear ( due to that ribbon tweeter). They sounds great in both HT and 2ch audio. We were able to get them onsale at newegg for $99 each! (marked down from 600 each).
I found them at amazon for $199 each. Great deal, Great buy, awesome speaker. They aren't very big, maybe 3 feet tall.

http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Motion-10-Floorstanding-Speaker/dp/B0035FZ142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362925183&sr=8-1&keywords=martinlogan+motion+10

If you want something bigger they next step up is a motion 12 or motion 20.
http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Motion-12-Floorstanding-Speaker/dp/B0035FZ14M/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1362925519&sr=1-1&keywords=motion+12

http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Motion-Gloss-Black-Floorstanding/dp/B007THXXXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1362925572&sr=1-1&keywords=motion+20


I did toss in a small polk sub for bass. If they had more or a budget I would have tossed in 1 or 2 B&W ASW608.
Cool thing about ML is that BestBuy has them in Magnolia, so you can go hear them yourself. They are very directional speakers so make sure they are aiming near you to get the most out of them.

Good luck, hope this helped.

Irrenhaus

1niteryder wrote: »

I would like to get some tower style speakers for my system. Any suggestions on what to get or what not to get?

Dont know were you are located. But Frys has the RTi8 for $334.00 a pair this week.

Cheers

vinyladdict

Newegg has some Monitor 75T's for $219 a piece . Anxiously awaiting their arrival .

zingo

I love my pair of Martin Logan Purity powered speakers.

David R

I picked up some RTi8's at Fri's for $300 the pair. They sounded great for home theater. My wife didn't like they way they looked so I sold them to my brother along with the Onkyo 609 at 100 wats per channel and a CSi center. They played louder than I could stand. I then picked up the RTIa7 with the Onkyo 809. Both speakers are fine for the price for home theater.

tonyb

1niteryder wrote: »

I would like to get some tower style speakers for my system. Any suggestions on what to get or what not to get?

JM labs Grand Utopia, Legacy Whisper HD, Wilson Sophia, PBN Montana Was or Kas.....dude.....without a budget or associated gear to drive said towers, the results here will be all over the map.

kuntasensei

Since you're at Polk's forum, there's always the Polk eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-Direct?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

halo71

Hard to go wrong with SDA's. But not knowing budget or listening tastes....yeah, crap shoot.

Monster Jam

Kirsch Prodigy K803

Bad ****.


http://cdn.propertyroom.com/imageserver/sellers/seller1/images/origimgs/1_22102012154755103.jpg

Irrenhaus

Monster Jam wrote: »

Kirsch Prodigy K803

Bad ****.


http://cdn.propertyroom.com/imageserver/sellers/seller1/images/origimgs/1_22102012154755103.jpg

Wow yeah those are Bad **** and they come with special delivery.......

skrol

I found one of these at the local GW (Digital Research PT-1100)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Research-Speakers-/150989135459?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item2327a75e63&nma=true&si=i4by36n2cGyJiS6QFFRGs4CqnKI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Obviously not affiliated

I like how they show the back and not much of the front.

The cabinets were so thin that it felt like you could pop a hole with a good whack.

1niteryder

These are for my home surround system. It is used for both music and home theater. Under $500.

1niteryder

thanks I will check them out.

1niteryder

I will go check them out tomorrow. Thanks.