Hi,
why is this so hard?
About 15 years ago I bought a 2.1 Altec Lansing ATP3 for my PC and I love these speakers. They are quite limited but produce a warm sound, they are a lacking in bass tightness and depth, the mid range speakers are facing down so it looses detail, however they had 2 small treble speakers that give nice detail. The speakers gave a great warm sound and enough high detail to be engaging. When I play Thunder struck by 2 cellos sounded great on these speakers and the only speakers so far that has beaten them were the Rubicon 2s. For the gritty mid range, nice trebles and low bass. The ATP3 are flawed in so many ways, however after all these years I have become so used to the warm sound that I am finding it hard to find speakers to replace them.
What I am looking for is a warm sound but with a wide sound stage and detailed trebles, but not fatiguing, detailed mid ranges and warm bass.
Do these speakers exist?
I have listened to Rubicon 2, and I found the detail good at low volumes but once the volume is turned up they become too bright and fatiguing. I was very disappointed in this as I read so many good reviews about them and was thinking these are the speakers for me.
I have listened to a pair of Opticons 6s, which I found very clear but boring, nothing exciting going on with them. The sound stage were just were the speakers were, not outside of them. The bass was very tight, the treble was tight, but it all sounded like neutral sounds. Which I didn't find engaging or exciting. I listened to some high quality music, a movie and YouTube videos. However I spoke to a guy that owned a pair of Opitcon 6s and found them too bright. Maybe this depends on the size of the room?
I listened to a pair of Opticons 5. I found them quite good for movies. The demo movie was Incredibles. They had a nice low rumble when the mole was digging and some high tones that were projected outside of the speakers when the ice man was creating ice. But the rest of the tones felt quite muted.
Oberon 1 had great stereo separation but were way too bright and fatiguing.
Q3050i I found very boring. Sounded to me like a normal speaker, nothing special, very flat.
I have a pair of B&W DM1800, nice warm bass but lacking mid range, so the it sounds a bit muffled on some sound tracks.
Its crasy that my reference point is an old Altec Lansing ATP3 but I am struggling to find something that meets my needs, of warm bass but detailed mids and trebles, with a wide sound stage, without it being fatiguing.
I am happy to spend up to £1000 for 2 speakers or £1500 for a 5.0 system. Not concerned about the sub at the moment. Sub will come later.
Sorry for waffling for so much but can anyone recommend speakers to me that you think will meet my needs?
why is this so hard?
About 15 years ago I bought a 2.1 Altec Lansing ATP3 for my PC and I love these speakers. They are quite limited but produce a warm sound, they are a lacking in bass tightness and depth, the mid range speakers are facing down so it looses detail, however they had 2 small treble speakers that give nice detail. The speakers gave a great warm sound and enough high detail to be engaging. When I play Thunder struck by 2 cellos sounded great on these speakers and the only speakers so far that has beaten them were the Rubicon 2s. For the gritty mid range, nice trebles and low bass. The ATP3 are flawed in so many ways, however after all these years I have become so used to the warm sound that I am finding it hard to find speakers to replace them.
What I am looking for is a warm sound but with a wide sound stage and detailed trebles, but not fatiguing, detailed mid ranges and warm bass.
Do these speakers exist?
I have listened to Rubicon 2, and I found the detail good at low volumes but once the volume is turned up they become too bright and fatiguing. I was very disappointed in this as I read so many good reviews about them and was thinking these are the speakers for me.
I have listened to a pair of Opticons 6s, which I found very clear but boring, nothing exciting going on with them. The sound stage were just were the speakers were, not outside of them. The bass was very tight, the treble was tight, but it all sounded like neutral sounds. Which I didn't find engaging or exciting. I listened to some high quality music, a movie and YouTube videos. However I spoke to a guy that owned a pair of Opitcon 6s and found them too bright. Maybe this depends on the size of the room?
I listened to a pair of Opticons 5. I found them quite good for movies. The demo movie was Incredibles. They had a nice low rumble when the mole was digging and some high tones that were projected outside of the speakers when the ice man was creating ice. But the rest of the tones felt quite muted.
Oberon 1 had great stereo separation but were way too bright and fatiguing.
Q3050i I found very boring. Sounded to me like a normal speaker, nothing special, very flat.
I have a pair of B&W DM1800, nice warm bass but lacking mid range, so the it sounds a bit muffled on some sound tracks.
Its crasy that my reference point is an old Altec Lansing ATP3 but I am struggling to find something that meets my needs, of warm bass but detailed mids and trebles, with a wide sound stage, without it being fatiguing.
I am happy to spend up to £1000 for 2 speakers or £1500 for a 5.0 system. Not concerned about the sub at the moment. Sub will come later.
Sorry for waffling for so much but can anyone recommend speakers to me that you think will meet my needs?
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