Help with choosing speakers for a mobile listening position. Fyne 501E/S vs Evo 5.3

[FBech]

Hello,

Due to my room characteristics, I have a mobile listening position. I am looking for a pair of speakers with good dispersion, in order to have good listening experience even outside the sweet spot. Also, they would have to be placed at 30-32 cm from the rear wall. I listen mainly to rock music, I came to these options:

Whaferdale Evo 5.3
Fyne 501E
Fyne 501S

 

[Mr. Reeee]

Hello,

Due to my room characteristics, I have a mobile listening position. I am looking for a pair of speakers with good dispersion, in order to have good listening experience even outside the sweet spot. Also, they would have to be placed at 30-32 cm from the rear wall. I listen mainly to rock music, I came to these options:

Whaferdale Evo 5.3
Fyne 501E
Fyne 501S

What’s your budget?
Do you have electronics already or building from scratch?

If you’re looking for wide dispersion, what about the KEF Q7 Metas? The Uni-Q drivers produce a really wide soundstage.
They’re about the same price as the Wharfedales.

 

[Redacted]

What made you get it down to two brands?
And this is weird: "The Uni-Q drivers produce a really wide soundstage." - is that from AI?

 

[Mr. Reeee]

What made you get it down to two brands?

There are so many great floorstanding speakers out there it is a bit odd.

And this is weird: "The Uni-Q drivers produce a really wide soundstage." - is that from AI?

No, that’s from my own personal experience with KEF LSX and KEF LS60 speaker systems in my apartment.
Sorry if I write like ad copy.

I’m listening to the LSX and a KUBE 10b sub right now, in fact. It’s a great little system!

 

[Raj21p]

For your use case, I’d probably lean toward the Fynes the coaxial IsoFlare design tends to hold imaging and tonal balance together better when you move around the room compared to many traditional layouts. Between them, the 501S is the more refined speaker, but the 501E is still excellent value. The EVO 5.3 has a very spacious, smooth presentation, but it’s a bit more placement-sensitive and generally prefers more breathing room from the rear wall than 30cm.

 

[Redacted]

Fynes look good - can we have more measured data and fewer adjectives
Yes, I'm being boringly facetious, but the only way to know is to try them in your own room. So really, it comes down to the returns policy of the vendor...

 

[XDM]

Fynes look good - can we have more measured data and fewer adjectives
Yes, I'm being boringly facetious, but the only way to know is to try them in your own room. So really, it comes down to the returns policy of the vendor...

Measurements for Fyne Audio generally aren't good

Thread 'What are your opinions about Fyne Audio F500SP, F501 and F501E speakers? (which are better option for me?)' https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...h-are-better-option-for-me.69382/post-2514569

 

[Duke]

Due to my room characteristics, I have a mobile listening position. I am looking for a pair of speakers with good dispersion, in order to have good listening experience even outside the sweet spot. Also, they would have to be placed at 30-32 cm from the rear wall. I listen mainly to rock music, I came to these options:

Whaferdale Evo 5.3
Fyne 501E
Fyne 501S

There is a speaker setup technique called "time-intensity trading" which results in good sound quality, and even pretty good imaging, across an unusually wide listening area. Briefly, it calls for speakers with well-controlled and fairly narrow radiation patterns toed-in aggressively such that their axes criss-cross in front of the center sweet spot.

I think the Fyne speakers would probably work well in a time-intensity trading configuration.