Choosing speakers

jhermance
jhermance Posts: 214
edited August 2006 in Speakers
Ok sounds odd but the girlfriend is going to buy me a set of speakers for christmas just trying to figure out what set to get. This is the list i came up with so far.
B & W CDM1NT
Polk Lsi9
Sonus Faber Concertino's
JmLab Electra 906 or Cobalt 806
Any thoughts guys.
Samsung UN46C7000
Cambridge Audio 640R
Sony BDP-S570
Magnepan MMG's
Totem Dreamcatcher Center
Eleganza™ Bella 1200 High Performance Subwoofer
Polk R15 Surrounds
Audioquest Cables
Panamax 5510-PRO AC Regenerator
Monster Cable HTS 2500 MKII power cleaner
Nordost Blue Heaven Interconnects
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited August 2006
    All good, but all different in their own way. My personal preference choice would be the Electra 906's by a wide margin, but only if used with a tube integrated amp (Jolida, etc) as a starting point.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited August 2006
    jhermance wrote:
    Ok sounds odd but the girlfriend is going to buy me a set of speakers for christmas just trying to figure out what set to get. This is the list i came up with so far.
    B & W CDM1NT
    Polk Lsi9
    Sonus Faber Concertino's
    JmLab Electra 906 or Cobalt 806
    Any thoughts guys.


    It really depends on your music preference. I have the CDM1NT's used as surrounds. Very good speaker for everything except hard rock. The Polk's would probably be the best bang for the buck. Sonus Faber are excellent but very expensive. I think the B&W's or Polks would give you most of thier performance for a fraction of the price. I am not familiar with the JM's so I cannot comment. One thing for sure, they all like nice clean power, especially the Polks at 4ohm.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2006
    That's a loaded question....try and buy something noone has, would be my suggestion. If you follow the pack all the time, you'll never get anywhere.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • jhermance
    jhermance Posts: 214
    edited August 2006
    Well in that case i think i may get a set of cain & cain abby's they look cool and the reviews sound pretty good. Has anyone personally heard them. I am going to be trying out a set of CDM1NT's in a couple of days a friend has a set.
    Samsung UN46C7000
    Cambridge Audio 640R
    Sony BDP-S570
    Magnepan MMG's
    Totem Dreamcatcher Center
    Eleganza™ Bella 1200 High Performance Subwoofer
    Polk R15 Surrounds
    Audioquest Cables
    Panamax 5510-PRO AC Regenerator
    Monster Cable HTS 2500 MKII power cleaner
    Nordost Blue Heaven Interconnects
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2006
    I'm sure BMDP will drop in, in regards to the Abby....get ready for tubes.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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