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From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Speaker Recommendations?
Message-ID: <720@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 01:14:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 11 01:14:48 1985
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Reply-To: mwm@ucbtopaz.UUCP (Praiser of Bob)
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Summary: 

I'm been looking at/for speakers for about 4 months (including
a move in the middle). The upper limit on price has slowly crept
up from $900 to $1500. At this point, the two best pairs of speakers
I've heard are the Celestion SL-600 (*not* the SL-6), and a pair of
Tympanies (sp?).

The SL-600 are small, very clear, very tight speakers.  If you've heard the
SL-6, think of a version with tighter sound, a *much* larger sound stage,
and much better bass response. They cost $1500, including stands on
tip-toes that you're supposed to fill with sand.

It's been about 2 months since I heard the Tympanies. I remember them
as better than the SL-600 (deeper soundstage, better bass), slightly
cheaper ($1400 or so), and large. I'm looking for a pair on sale in
the SF Bay, so I can verify that I don't have space for them (sob).

I have as yet to hear the much-vaunted JSE-1's. The place where I heard
the Tympanies agreed they were excellent speakers, and were going to
be selling them. They didn't think that the JSE's were as good as the
Tympanies, but considered them much better than any other conventional
speakers.

Of the three speakers you mentioned (B&W's, Klipsh, and Magnapan), I agree
with you about the Magnapan's being the best. However, I think they're a
little colored, and I'm not really happy with the soundstage.