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The Best $2k Passive Stand Mount?
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It's up to the responder to define best.
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I was trying to remember the BMR when I wrote the OP. As for M105 vs M106 it depends on how heavily you weight maximum output vs preference score. I recall our host seemed to like the M106 for it's higher output.
I'm looking for the same thing. Right now it's R3's, although I might spend a little more- but here's my rough list of candidates with ballpark prices. I'm still tracking some prices down. Maybe save you some time. Report back if you find something. Happy hunting.
Oops. I misread the post. Thought you were Looking, not conducting a poll. Sorry.
The Revel M126Be is very nice, and can be had at a significant discount, but doesn't meet your cost limit. The M126Be's replaced active JBL LSR 306's. Subjectively the Revel speakers just sound better on music and spoken words than the JBL units. Salon2's are in my other system and frankly I have a bias in favor of Revel speakers.
Since I use these speakers in my computer setup I listen to them more hours per day than my main audio system. The content is a mixture of classical music and mostly narrated videos on YouTube.
The discount is probably where they should have priced in the first place. 4k MSRP for a 2-way was pushing it IMO, and Revel lacks many of the fuzzy pride-of-ownership factors competitors like Sonus Faber have (eg. production in Europe/US, status symbol etc.).
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*hides $7K 2-way purchase behind the couch*
A few thoughts
while the revel m105 spin may seem better than the m106’s, i recall previously reading on ASR that affiliates of Revel advised that the m106 is the better speaker. it seems unlikely that Revel would be marketing a higher cost speaker that doesn’t out perform a lower cost alternative.
I can’t wait to test drive the MBR
I also own the Sierra 2-EX. i prefer them to my m105’s
i look forward to someday owning some kef r3, my first panels, and LXmini’s to better comprehend the possible merits of lower and higher dispersion designs
while the revel m105 spin may seem better than the m106’s, i recall previously reading on ASR that affiliates of Revel advised that the m106 is the better speaker. it seems unlikely that Revel would be marketing a higher cost speaker that doesn’t out perform a lower cost alternative.
I can’t wait to test drive the MBR
I also own the Sierra 2-EX. i prefer them to my m105’s
i look forward to someday owning some kef r3, my first panels, and LXmini’s to better comprehend the possible merits of lower and higher dispersion designs
That Dyn is much more special than a M126 though. What I meant is performance aside, the M126 doesn't feel special enough to command 4k
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Ah, yeah, I tend to agree.
Sadly, these days, I think it's tough to get stuff that seems special for $4k.
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There's no shortage of 2 way speakers for $4k and up. People buy them because they have more money than space. No doubt fuzzy factors drive high end sales although this is a science oriented forum so we should be smarter than that. The Evoke 20 looks interesting, but has anyone measured it?
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