progger7
Active Member
...but not in the way you twisted minds are thinking. ;-) Here is the situation:
My wife has been unwilling to have large speakers clutter up our living room - I'm sure many of you can relate to this. So, my poor Marantz 2275 (my living room system) has had no other choice but to be hooked up to crappy Cambridge Soundworks original emsemble satelite system - subwoofer and two satelites conveniently hidden on the bookshelf and one mounted on the way behind a ficus tree! I've been dying to get a better speakers in the living room! My wife, until recently, hasn't cared about the quality of the sound.
So...the other day she returned from a friends house and, to my surprise, commented about how great their stereo sounded. She said she didn't know it could sound so good and, sheepishly, said "ours would sound better with better speakers huh?". They have the higher end new Cambridge Soundworks satelite system hooked up to a new Harmon Kardon receiver.
So, I *might* consider getting an upgrade to another satelitte system or very small wall mountable speakers of some kind. But, my wife said she would be willing to consider larger bookshelf speakers if they weren't huge and...to my surprise...."they are like my father's old system. They are light wood with that bamboo colored grill. I won't have black grills in this room."
So, the first thought that came to mind was a pair of Dynaco A25's - since they have that light colored grill, nice wood AND they are smaller. I also thought of Advent loudspeakers but she'd probably think they are too large. I showed a pic online of the dynaco's and she thought they looked great!! BUT, my question to all of you is, is she likely to be impressed with the sound of A25's hooked up to my Marantz 2275 - note the A25's will be on the floor. Is there another speaker or speaker system I should consider that is either small or unobstrusively designed (no black). Thoughts?
My wife has been unwilling to have large speakers clutter up our living room - I'm sure many of you can relate to this. So, my poor Marantz 2275 (my living room system) has had no other choice but to be hooked up to crappy Cambridge Soundworks original emsemble satelite system - subwoofer and two satelites conveniently hidden on the bookshelf and one mounted on the way behind a ficus tree! I've been dying to get a better speakers in the living room! My wife, until recently, hasn't cared about the quality of the sound.
So...the other day she returned from a friends house and, to my surprise, commented about how great their stereo sounded. She said she didn't know it could sound so good and, sheepishly, said "ours would sound better with better speakers huh?". They have the higher end new Cambridge Soundworks satelite system hooked up to a new Harmon Kardon receiver.
So, I *might* consider getting an upgrade to another satelitte system or very small wall mountable speakers of some kind. But, my wife said she would be willing to consider larger bookshelf speakers if they weren't huge and...to my surprise...."they are like my father's old system. They are light wood with that bamboo colored grill. I won't have black grills in this room."
So, the first thought that came to mind was a pair of Dynaco A25's - since they have that light colored grill, nice wood AND they are smaller. I also thought of Advent loudspeakers but she'd probably think they are too large. I showed a pic online of the dynaco's and she thought they looked great!! BUT, my question to all of you is, is she likely to be impressed with the sound of A25's hooked up to my Marantz 2275 - note the A25's will be on the floor. Is there another speaker or speaker system I should consider that is either small or unobstrusively designed (no black). Thoughts?
