Having just moved house I am speakerless, and looking for recommendations as to what to buy. I have a Cambridge Audio CXNv2, and a Emotiva BasX 5 amp. My room size is approximately 20 feet x 20 feet, with high 10 feet ceilings. Most of my music is easy listening stuff, light rock, ballads etc. I do like to crank it up, like speakers that are somewhere between neutral and bright, but really appreciate clarity and nuance when played low too. All music is streamed to/from the CXN.
I recently had a demo of some Sonus Faber Sonnetto 3 and B&W 702s2. Both were amazing (but they were also partnered by a Macintosh amp and so should have been!). They are also both sadly a bit out of my price range….
I used to have a pair of Focal 926 and actually loved them. I can also get a pair of 948s online for not much more….but haven’t heard them before. Are they much ‘different/fuller’ than the 926?
So my question really is - if I want to spend as close to say £2k as I can, what would you advise me to buy as a floorstanding pair? I’d change the CXN and amp too if it might give me a better overall ‘quality’ of sound.
Looking forward to any help you might give me - thanks
I recently had a demo of some Sonus Faber Sonnetto 3 and B&W 702s2. Both were amazing (but they were also partnered by a Macintosh amp and so should have been!). They are also both sadly a bit out of my price range….
I used to have a pair of Focal 926 and actually loved them. I can also get a pair of 948s online for not much more….but haven’t heard them before. Are they much ‘different/fuller’ than the 926?
So my question really is - if I want to spend as close to say £2k as I can, what would you advise me to buy as a floorstanding pair? I’d change the CXN and amp too if it might give me a better overall ‘quality’ of sound.
Looking forward to any help you might give me - thanks