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What budget speakers you like to see reviewed?

Gabe33

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I would really love to see the m-audio bx8 D3 reviewed, they are well specd budget monitors that can give the Yamaha HS8's & Adam T8Vs a run for their money
 

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Any chance of some reviews of the Polk XT series e.g. the XT15 or XT20 - they are on sale in Europe - so roughly Eur120 or Eur199 at the moment - given they seem to test well with Erin tests and maybe share some of the tech of the ES series and much better than the older T series I thought they might make a good option for people.
 

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Dali Spektor 2
Cambridge audio SX-50
Jamo S803
Polk Audio XT20

 

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Monitor Audio Bronze 50
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not sure about "budget" but I think a lot of people waits for very promising Polk Audio R200
 
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Keep the recommendations coming but right now, I have more speakers to test than I have time! So I won't be buying more until I get through the backlog.
 

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Hi Amir!

I'd love to see the Tannoy 402 measured and reviewed. It's a great little speaker especially for the price ($100 per speaker). About the same size as the Edifier 1280T but with much better sound. Huge increase in clarity. Lots of volume for a desktop setup and way more bass than the Genelec 8010.

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Those look great. There may be some amp or ADC noise, though: http://digitalstereophony.blogspot.com/2015/12/tannoy-402-review.html?m=1
There's slight buzzing with the Tannoy 402... likely comparable to other powered speakers. I only have one of them at the moment and the buzz isn't audible in my environment from more than 2 feet away. The PC fan noise and noise from outside covers it up. If it was absolutely silent in the room it might be audible at 2-3 feet though.. I'm not sure.

They sound really good - I'm very happy with them and have ordered a second one. The small size is a huge benefit. I would consider other speakers like the Adam T5V but they're way too big for me.

The one I bought was previously purchased and returned by someone via Amazon. I wonder if they returned it because of the buzz, or because maybe they thought there would be two speakers in the box :)
 

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Polk signature elite 60 towers. The S15, and S20 bookshelf speakers measured well. I would love to see how the towers hold up.
 

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Dynaudio LYD 7 or BM5A III or any other their 2-way with proper in-house woofer - 3" voice coil+inner magnet.
Budget "traditional" 1" voice coil woofers (Excite, LYD 5, DM 2/6 etc) can't do that bass.
 
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