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In the Thread: A quest for a better monitor.

Post Subject: Different Strokes...Posted by manisandher on: 1/12/2010

Paul S wrote:
Don't worry about selling stuff you "don't like". To another Moron® it might be the Legendary Stuff of Dreams. Be honest about what it is; simply hold your current opinion.

I've just sold my Druids (took a £500 hit on what I paid for them a year ago, but hey?) to a nice guy who was very sure of the sound he was after. It's funny, but he already has a pair... and loves them! Apparently, he has them placed right in the corners of his room and says they work best there.

In any event, I was almost embarassed demonstating them to him. To me, they sounded awful - no real bass at all (using my 5W SET) and a horrid edginess in the mids. 'Grey' as hell - no colour whatsoever. But he didn't seem at all phased.

Conversely, he didn't care for my SL600s driven by my Rotel. I agreed with him to a point that the sound was(is) too bright, but hell, in my opinion still a damn sight better than what we'd just heard coming out of the Druids.

So, the search goes on... To replicate the sound I get from AKG K-1000 headphones driven a Berning Siegfried.

Tomorrow, I will be auditioning a pair of BD Design 'Swing' speakers (http://www.bd-design.nl) - I just happen to be working in Holland on Thursday and thought I'd take a listen whilst I was there. Hardly 'monitors', I know, but I thought I'd just mention it...

Mani.

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