dagfinn
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Thanks, I hope you'll be happy too, I'm certain the result will sound fantastic! Those new D&D's will undoubtedly be spectacular, I'd buy them without even knowing other specs than "bigger than 8c"! But if you love the other more, get the other . Glad you're bringing the room into the picture properly, I'm sure you'll be happier for it.Thank you for your thoughts and recommendation. Excellent speaker no doubt (as with all Genelecs), and one I had considered (though not heard sadly), but in the end does not fully meet all of my criteria. I do hope you are able to find a way some day to acquire your end game speaker!
As to the room, fully agree on making sure noise level is very low. Actually going through the listening room design process now and this is a primary criteria. There are a few main things you need to do to ensure this … concrete slab for the floor (not wood plank floating on wood supports as is common in US!), minimize the acoustic excitation of walls/ceiling, and last, a quiet HVAC system. Working through all of these items in coming weeks.
And yup, go big or go home
For me, diversity is necessary. There are so many different speaker designs, which all sound different. Also, I'm an antiquarian - I like old things - specially those that work well and look good too. When I discovered the 1985 Genelec 1022a, I was sold. The design is almost timeless. Almost, because it is modern industrial design on a high level, clearly. At it's workhorse core is amazing sound, which is what it's all about. True ribbon tweeters, short horn/wave guides, non-diffraction sculpting, 12" woofer, front ported, tri-amped class AB, analog active c.o... , 27 kg - I can lift them . The 1022A has an iconic place in pro monitor history and audio production, it is my endgame speaker in it's category!
Next to them sits my other classic, 1983/1990 Greg Timbers designed JBL 250Ti, a totally different speaker. Big, dynamic, in the room sound - huge. Less neutral, perhaps - but I don't care at all - the bass-midbass-low mid is just sweet and also powerful. Having one driver covering the vocal range is special. I could go on about the design, but they represent something sonically very different, and sometimes more pleasing, from the Genelecs . Sorry, Gennies.
But since I'm curious about current speakers and designs, I've tried some more - just to experience the differences. I've kept some; 8030c is my modern nearfield reference, a used KEF R3 I got for the coaxial design. Imaging is fantastic. JBL 305 mkII for it's waveguide and silk dome, and I have a small Tannoy with supertweeter on flat baffle (the only speaker allowed in the livingroom by the wife). Magnepans, B&W, several JBLs has been around but had to go... (What I really, really want is a bigger room (and more cash) so I could keep them all (and play louder), but that will take time. I have to buy lottery tickets.)
Meanwhile, what I have makes me happy and content . I have a Big Knob passive monitor controller, making realtime A/B switching 100% transparent, all I get is the frequency response/imaging shift - the differences. Lovely game, everything becomes obvious, completely independent on memory .
Dagfinn