OT: Good floor standing speakers

VMP wrote on 11/16/2005, 9:14 AM

Hi, I am looking for one good set of Floor standing speakers.
With atleast Dual 10 inch woofers.

I heard good things about the JBL E100.
The price range from the E100 is actually what I am looking for.

Do you pros know maybe a better model/make for the same price range ?
Or is the JBL the good stuff ;-))??

Thanks for any reply,
V

Comments

Coursedesign wrote on 11/16/2005, 9:52 AM

What do you want to use them for?

VMP wrote on 11/16/2005, 9:54 AM

listening to music/ and as 'front left' and 'right' for movies.

Edit:
And I love the size of it! (its like a big tower) I have seen it yesterday.
So it is also to 'show of' a bit ;-))

JJKizak wrote on 11/16/2005, 10:23 AM

If your on the high end of things check the Klipsch forum at klipsch.com.
You might want to have 3 strong friends to help put the speakers in place.

JJK

logiquem wrote on 11/16/2005, 11:31 AM

I would definitly check some Tannoy Dual concentric models for that. Outstanding coherence and image.

craftech wrote on 11/16/2005, 4:16 PM

The Athena Technologies speakers IMO are the best sounding speakers for the least cost. Best Buy often has specials on them.
For Front speakers I would recommend the AS-F1.

You may have difficulty finding an AS-F1, but the AS-F2.2 is rated even higher. I bought my Athena surrounds and Center Channel from Audio Advisor. They were a great bunch to deal with. I built my own Front speakers and modified an Audiosource SW-15 15" powered subwoofer to improve the wall rattling sound.

John

VMP wrote on 11/16/2005, 5:19 PM

Nice, I have never heard of 'Athena Technologies ' untill now.
As usual I am learning allot @ Sony forum.
V

Michael L wrote on 11/16/2005, 6:19 PM

I have a great pair of Kirksaeter speakers. A little (lot) difficult to find but you would not need dual woofers with these. I tested them once and they could blow out a match at 6 inches.

I bought them a number of years ago and recently rebuilt them. Fine German quality and I have not heard anything as good except the truly high end stuff.

MyST wrote on 11/16/2005, 6:56 PM

I love my Paradigm Monitor 3's... alot!
Paradigm's stuff is very well reviewed. Made in Canada to boot.

http://www.paradigm.com/Website/SiteParadigmProduct/ParadigmModels/MonSeries/Monseries.html

Mario