speakers for rotel

[jorgen68]

which speakers do you recomend for rotel gear 8)

[mjb]

Anything.... from B&W :T

[htsteve]

Anything.... from B&W :T

Hard to argue with that. Rotel and B&W make a great pairing.

[skippy]

HI,

I have chosen the KEF iq series. I have listened the B&W 70x too.

GJ

[jorgen68]

what about audiovector i realy like them 8)

[artv4]

Hard to argue with that. Rotel and B&W make a great pairing.

totally agree!!!! i previously had some nht's paired with my rotel gear.

[Nuthed]

You can pick up some Paradigms for less than comparable B&Ws. At lower price points Paradigm beats B&W, IMHO. Once you start spending $2000 and up, B&W starts to compete. Again, IMHO.

[june]

nuthed,

you beat me to the punch, i love my paradigm ref. studio 100 v2's with my rotel 1068 & 1075.

i also have b&w p6's with a rotel 1066 & 1075.

love the both, just got a great deal on the b&w's before someone took them in a pawn shop.

but jo68, trust your ears.

[audiofiyle]

I use a 1075 & 1080 amps with a full array of DYNAUDIO speakers in my
home theatre setup. All I can say is WOW!!!!

I also just purchased a mint 1090 amp that I use in a seperate 2 channel
listening room with VANDERSTEEN 2ce signature speakers, and all I have
to say is oh my god!!!!!

[Opus007]

B&W all the way.

[peepaj]

Hi Jorgen68,
I also have paradigm studio 100 v.3 with rotel RSP-1069 and RB-1092, they sound awesome together. I have also listened to B&W speakers and can say they sound great also. Take your time and get out and listen to as many as you can using the same music. Also one more thing happy listening and enjoy the music.

[Ferres]

For decent price/performance ratio, go with Aurum Cantus.

[seteven100]

i have a pair of Tannoy Sensys 2 speakers. most times they re great, other times they seem a bit artifical..or something

rb-1080

[MickeyVee]

new guy on the block here..
I'm running mainly Martin Logans.. Clarity's for the mains, Vignette for the center, Grotto i subwoofer and B&W M-1's for the rears..
All being driven by a black 1560 and am looking at the 1572 to drive the mains..

[Dmantis]

Really buying speakers first then matching electronics to them is Key. Speakers make a bigger difference in overall sound quality then the preamp and amp does.

Not to mention speakers are very personal. They have a wide range of tonal abilities and most sound very different. Amps are very hard to tell the difference. Preamps you can hear small differences.

Remember matching is also Key. If you buy a good set of speakers and don't have the proper amount of current and power to drive them, they will not perform correctly.

I have found most speakers to sound awesome with Rotel running them. Rotel is a very good sounding pre/amp setup. Actually everything I ever heard from Rotel sounded great. So I suggest going out and finding the right speakers for you.

My suggestions to check out are Definitive Technology for a serious theater first system. Dynaudio for a serious music first system. B&W for music first , Triad for Theater first . That should get you started.

[Stephan]

For decent price/performance ratio, go with Aurum Cantus.

I've been eye-ballin' the Melody 103 for quite some time now. But I haven't been able to hear them on Rotel. What experience with Aurum Cantus and Rotel do you have? Thanks.

BTW. I think this is my first post here. I'm a happy RSX-1056 owner, looking for new (front) loudspeakers (and maybe a class D poweramp :drool: ).

edit: obviously not my first post... :duh:

[Ferres]

I've been eye-ballin' the Melody 103 for quite some time now. But I haven't been able to hear them on Rotel. What experience with Aurum Cantus and Rotel do you have? Thanks.

BTW. I think this is my first post here. I'm a happy RSX-1056 owner, looking for new (front) loudspeakers (and maybe a class D poweramp :drool: ).

edit: obviously not my first post... :duh:

I have the slightly higher Melody 102's and they are very good speakers, replaced my Tannoy Sensys DC towers. Powered by an rb1092

If you plan to demo them, bring a CD with good instrumentals and some guitar tracks, you'll find it very revealing.

Though, they didn't sound as good when paired with a 100watt integrated amp. The 103's may do better.

[Stephan]

Thanks for the reply Ferres. Which types of music do you think the AC's are capable of best? Do you like them with rock?

[Ferres]

I imagine it can handle most types. From Springsteen to acoustics. There is a review of the V2m bookshelf variety. The difference with a melody 103 would probably be marginal. The V series is a lot prettier though.

http://stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/aurum_cantus_v2m_loudspeaker/

[rantzmar]

After a few days of listening to the Canton 403's, I've decided that these are keepers. I've read the reviews about the Canton's as well as the pro reviews. And I just cant see how anybody can say that these speakers don't have sparkle as a few have suggested. These are $700 book shelves that I got discounted because they upgraded the soft dome tweets, so the 403's went out of production and came back the following year as the 430 model. Like I said the 430's have a new modified tweeter. But the 403's are a great speaker. It is no means a slouch.

I've listen to some great speakers over the years and I can tell you these are in the same class as your Dynaudio's, Dali's, Revel's, Paradigm's, B&W's, Monitor Audio's, Axioms, Aperion audio's and all the likes, and at a cheaper price. And they don't give you some cheap vinyl like some of the others at this price point. Theses are real wood...mine are cherry wood that look wonderful. They have a nice soft dome tweeter that did sound very bright before the break in period. But after the break in like all good speakers, they get primed for how they where engineered to sound. After I hooked them up to my Rotel Rb 1080 200 watt amp and RC 1090 control amp and RCC 1055 CDP and Marantz SACD, the speakers where not as warm as lead to believe. While they are in no way as bright as my Paradigms (which I would not say are bright at all) they are not as laid back as some say. They have a lively silk dome tweeter. I think they are a little bit more alive than the Dynaudio 140 tweeters if you ever had a chance to listen to those. The woofers where a little boomy, but they too settled down and became a nice bottom. They are ported in the rear and have a Frequency response of 38...30.000 Hz and crossed over at 3.000 Hz. And if you are using these in a two channel system as I am you can get by without a sub. The woofer/mid drivers are aluminum and look very distinctive, while the tweets are black soft dome silk. The face of the speaker is made to match the woofer...they are a nice looking speaker. They are not bi-wireable at this price point, but neither are Dynaudio 140's, or Aperion audio, and like the Dynaudio 140's Canton used better internal wiring claiming therefore bi-wiring is not needed at this price point.

THE Rotel seem to bring out the best in the way these speakers sound. They are rated at 140 watts and the instruction manual says to run power to them greater that 140 is recommended. I played a variety of music including jazz, and classical, and gospel. The highs are sweet, the mids great in a speaker of this size and the bottom end was nice and smooth...very surprising for a speaker of this size. Not as boomy as the Monitor Audio rs1, but still a nice bottom. Billy Higgins drums on the album "the Prophet speaks" by Milt Jackson are Cristal clear...you can hear every stroke as it was meant to sound...and that goes for the nice bass that John Clayton plays as well on that CD..you could hear his fingers slide across his stand up bass as he plucked each string. And Milt Jackson's vibraphone was just ringing through these speakers just as they would sound live.These are some of the clearest and most transparent speakers I have heard at this price point. And when I say transparent, I mean they will expose a bad recording...make you think something is wrong with your gear when its just a bad recording. Thats how transparent they are. Diana Kralls SACD The "look of love" is a wonder to hear through these speakers. Her voice is so clear as you hear her take a breath as the next beautiful note rolls from her lips. I mean these clear speakers reveal SACD as just that...a super and transparent sound field.

I am overall pleased with these little book shelves. They are 14 inches high, 7 and 1/2 inches wide and 10 inches deep. The tweeters are 1 inch silk dome and the mid-woofer is 7 inches aluminum. They have real wood in your choice of Cherry, Walnut, Beech, Mocca, Silver and Black ash They listed at $700 a pair before they upgraded the tweets and now you may find them at a local dealer or online at just under $400. Many of the pro reviews said they where a bargan at the $700 price tag, sounding like a speaker that cost much more...and I would have to agree. So if you are interested in a nice real wood book shelf speaker that transparent clear speaker that has great detail, put the Canton 403's or 430's on your list...you will be surprised by sound.

[sirbogey]

I'm a fan and owner of DynaudioAccoustics BM5P monitors for 2channel listening and Piega P4 XL MKII loudspeakers for 5.1 hometheater...

[rantzmar]

These speakers are simply GREAT! I'v heard many a speakers in my time...Many of the popular boys...Dynaudio, Paradigm, B&W, PSB, Dali, Monitor Audio and many more and Id say Canton are just as wonderful and maybe better in SQ in like speakers in this class. I have the 403's being driven by Rotel RB 1080 amp and the RC-1090 Pre amp. These speakers are simply great. The speakers are so transparent with its soft dome tweeter that its not forgiving on bad recordings like my Paradigms. My paradigm towers are a great speaker, but listening to the Canton GLE 403's, its tweeter is more transparent. And it has very good bass extension for a book shelf speaker. Ive had them for about 10 days now and the detail and seperation has opened up more. Im useing balanced interconnects from monoprice, but will be upgrading in the near future to better cables. I have it set up in my basement for now, while I clean out a room for a dedicated two channel room. If you are in the need for a good speaker that's hand made with a very reasonable price tag that you would expect to be much more, then give Canton a try. Its a German made speaker thats made in Germany...built by hand, with real wood. These speakers need breakin time and use good quality gear with them....you wont be sorry.