Speaker Recommendations?

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Looking to separate my audio setup from my home theater and will need a pair of speakers for the HiFi.

In an ideal world I'd get a pair of JBL L100 MkII, but not looking to splash that kind of cash.

Any recommendations for a pair of similarly performing speakers in the same size range with a traditional/midcentury wood cabinet? Can be new or vintage models.
 
THEEDADROCK.BLOG said:
Looking to separate my audio setup from my home theater and will need a pair of speakers for the HiFi.

In an ideal world I'd get a pair of JBL L100 MkII, but not looking to splash that kind of cash.

Any recommendations for a pair of similarly performing speakers in the same size range with a traditional/midcentury wood cabinet? Can be new or vintage models.
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There's a bunch of us here with the Wharfedale Lintons and we already have a thread. Can usually get them for 1,500 to 1,700 with the stands.

Great looking and great sounding.
 
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ngower said:
They sound better with the grilles off anyway :)
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As for vintage, how about the Klipsch KG-4.2? @Hemotep has a pair. May be hard to find, though.

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Post in thread 'The 'I Did a Thing' Thread'

I did a thing this morning. Ran by an estate sale that had these Klipsch floor stand speakers at a really decent price. They sound fantastic, even in my small space. I actually think they sound better than my Realistics, which isn't at all surprising. But since I can't really crank the volume up where I live I'm most interested in speakers that sound good at low volumes. I'm only two tracks in on a record, but even my wife came in and said she actually can hear a difference in the quality on these, which she admitted she thought was bullshit before 😂 Either way, I'm lucky she was cool with...
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Closing a loop, found the aformentioned ASR results on grill/no grill:

www.audiosciencereview.com

JBL L82 Classic: Spinorama and Measurements

It's been a while! I've had the JBL L82 for some time now, and as far as I know, there are no published measurements for it yet. So here I am =] An incomplete post for now. Full suite of measurements and interpretations once I've published my review and formatted all the data, but in the...
www.audiosciencereview.com www.audiosciencereview.com

A few db "gap" between on and off for much of the frequency range
 
ngower said:
Closing a loop, found the aformentioned ASR results on grill/no grill:

www.audiosciencereview.com

JBL L82 Classic: Spinorama and Measurements

It's been a while! I've had the JBL L82 for some time now, and as far as I know, there are no published measurements for it yet. So here I am =] An incomplete post for now. Full suite of measurements and interpretations once I've published my review and formatted all the data, but in the...
www.audiosciencereview.com www.audiosciencereview.com

A few db "gap" between on and off for much of the frequency range
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What does that actually translate to into the human experience? That is, a measurement isn't what does the listening. A few db gap is about at the threshold for human ears.
 
Diary of a Diapery Baby said:
What does that actually translate to into the human experience? That is, a measurement isn't what does the listening. A few db gap is about at the threshold for human ears.
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As the poster states, you lose a little "presence" in the midrange and highs, which is more or less what I experience with the grills on vs off. It isn't a night and day dramatic shift, but it's certainly different. Unlike ASR, I'm not going to posit which is better based on a graph and will isntead leave that up to the listener.
 
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