My much beloved 30-year-old JBL L7 speakers are frying, the tweeters have failed, and two of the mid-base speakers need to be refoamed, which if I was going to do those might as well do the 4 others, which in total would cost a lot of money, plus I'm getting something vibrating inside one of the cabinets when the sound is cranked.
So, that leads me to look at new speakers. Two that I thought were interesting from reviews were the Revel Concerta2 F36 vs Kef Q550. Both seem to get 5 stars across the board by all sorts of reviews by audiophile groups. Will any of those remotely compare to the L7s? Of course, if you haven't heard the L7s then you probably can't comment. According to one review the Kefs seem to have a better wider soundstage than the Revel, is this true? Or does the Revel have a similar wide soundstage?
I did find out that Revel is a Harman international company, which makes me wonder if they will have a sound signature similar to the L7s?
The room they'll go into is 15x22. The current amp is a HK PA2200 with 100 watts of high current, but I had the HK PT2300 already repaired once, last year, if it does something again I would probably be considering the Outlaw RR2160 MKII receiver. And I have a Klipsch R-120SW subwoofer. Not sure what else you all might need. I do kind of prefer sound that is a tad on the warmer side instead of screaming bright, the L7s were a bit bright in the house we're in now, but I was able to turn down the treble to almost all the way to get that a bit warmer in nature, in the old house it wasn't so noticeable and the treble was just past halfway.
Thanks for reading this and giving me your thoughts, or perhaps better speaker choice then those I mentioned, but I don't want to go above $1,500 for a pair.
So, that leads me to look at new speakers. Two that I thought were interesting from reviews were the Revel Concerta2 F36 vs Kef Q550. Both seem to get 5 stars across the board by all sorts of reviews by audiophile groups. Will any of those remotely compare to the L7s? Of course, if you haven't heard the L7s then you probably can't comment. According to one review the Kefs seem to have a better wider soundstage than the Revel, is this true? Or does the Revel have a similar wide soundstage?
I did find out that Revel is a Harman international company, which makes me wonder if they will have a sound signature similar to the L7s?
The room they'll go into is 15x22. The current amp is a HK PA2200 with 100 watts of high current, but I had the HK PT2300 already repaired once, last year, if it does something again I would probably be considering the Outlaw RR2160 MKII receiver. And I have a Klipsch R-120SW subwoofer. Not sure what else you all might need. I do kind of prefer sound that is a tad on the warmer side instead of screaming bright, the L7s were a bit bright in the house we're in now, but I was able to turn down the treble to almost all the way to get that a bit warmer in nature, in the old house it wasn't so noticeable and the treble was just past halfway.
Thanks for reading this and giving me your thoughts, or perhaps better speaker choice then those I mentioned, but I don't want to go above $1,500 for a pair.
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