Wide dispersion bookshelves in Europe?

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Dear ASRians,
I’m looking for well measuring speakers with wide dispersion pattern which are available in Europe. Most speakers will good to excellent measurements seem to have narrow dispersion. E.g KEF, Genelec, Neumann, Ascilab. The few with wide dispersion which come to mind (e.g. Revel), are barely available in Europe or only at inflated prices.

The only ones I found so far are the (discontinued) Focal Aria, Chora and Elac Vela. All measure ok-ish but nowhere near as well as their narrow dispersion competitors.
I’m sure there must be other options from French, German or British companies, but I haven’t been able to find measurements so far.

 

[90sNintendoKid]

I'm planning on using the Kef Q3 Meta in a 5.4.4 home theater and I've chosen them because they have a plus/minus 60 degrees dispersion vertically and horizontally and I learned this after watching Erin's Audio Corner review on YouTube.

As far as I remember, 60 degrees is wide and I am researching wider dispersion speakers.

I did some research earlier on this topic with Claude, the only alternatives it found are a lot more expensive than the Kef Q3 Metas: https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/7963971c-6d3c-4153-9452-c89b27678589

Money no object, I would choose the Dutch & Dutch 8c or Sigberg speakers.

 

[IngMishael]

Dear ASRians,
I’m looking for well measuring speakers with wide dispersion pattern which are available in Europe. Most speakers will good to excellent measurements seem to have narrow dispersion. E.g KEF, Genelec, Neumann, Ascilab. The few with wide dispersion which come to mind (e.g. Revel), are barely available in Europe or only at inflated prices.

The only ones I found so far are the (discontinued) Focal Aria, Chora and Elac Vela. All measure ok-ish but nowhere near as well as their narrow dispersion competitors.
I’m sure there must be other options from French, German or British companies, but I haven’t been able to find measurements so far.

If you can DIY some custom finishes, the Audiofirst Fidelia is what you're looking for

 

[Arindal]

Most speakers will good to excellent measurements seem to have narrow dispersion. E.g KEF, Genelec, Neumann, Ascilab.

Would not call these narrow dispersion, although the type of waveguide or coaxial used is usually narrowing down dispersion in the treble region. So you want wide treble dispersion?

I’m looking for well measuring speakers with wide dispersion pattern which are available in Europe.

You might want to find a speaker with comparably small midrange (or midwoofer in case of a 2-way design) and flat or no waveguide around the tweeter. Wharfedale Super Linton or Paradigm Founder 40B would be reasonable picks.

 

[dlaloum]

Take a look at the Gallo Strada speakers.

Strada 2

Visit the post for more.

galloacoustics.com

I use their "grandfather" the Nucleus Reference 3.2

The cylindrical tweeter provides a VERY wide dispersion (almost omni) - the midrange drivers less so, but it is still a very wide dispersion design - and they are a damn nice sounding speaker.

The gotcha with the Gallo's is they can be deceptively hard to drive optimally - I am not sure about the current Strada 2 model, but my own reference 3.2's have a very reactive load, with impedance dropping down to 1.6ohm on the capacitive tweeter... as the Strada's share the tweeter, I expect they may behave similarly.

That means that they do best on amps that are stable into 2ohm loads - heaps of power isn't required, but ability to drive difficult loads is!

 

[MarkS]

I believe US company Philharmonic ships to Europe at reasonable cost:

The BMR Monitor (Price EACH)

philharmonicaudio.com

 

[XDM]

These ship to Europe (I have a 3.1 setup with them) and are very wide dispersion, the RAAL true ribbon tweeter variant https://www.ascendacoustics.com/products/luna-v2-mini-monitor-pair

 

[kharan]

Dear ASRians,
I’m looking for well measuring speakers with wide dispersion pattern which are available in Europe. Most speakers will good to excellent measurements seem to have narrow dispersion. E.g KEF, Genelec, Neumann, Ascilab. The few with wide dispersion which come to mind (e.g. Revel), are barely available in Europe or only at inflated prices.

The only ones I found so far are the (discontinued) Focal Aria, Chora and Elac Vela. All measure ok-ish but nowhere near as well as their narrow dispersion competitors.
I’m sure there must be other options from French, German or British companies, but I haven’t been able to find measurements so far.

Everything Dali.

Also probably nuVero nova 9.

And if you extend to the UK, Audio First Fidelia.