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Also, Jamo has some in your price range that sounds very good. They used to be made in Denmark and maybe still are. They are owned by Klipche now though.
Update I went to the Jamo sight they dont seem to have any retailers in USA all seem to be in Europe. Thats a shame but I suppose Klipche has a lot to do with that. You can still get older model Jamo on Amazon but its from a third party seller. https://www.amazon.com/Jamo-809-Floo...c-e99c377ae4f0
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Okay, I don't have an AVR ready receiver so Atmos is out. My hearing isn't so good anyways so the high end stuff is lost on me. I have a Yamaha NS-AP1800 currently which is discontinued. It would be nice to find a place where I could actually listen to these different systems.
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I think you'd be surprised when you hear higher end gear in the right setting what a difference there is. The problem is that most people demo speakers at a place like Best Buy, where the listening rooms aren't setup correctly. Things like imaging and staging are completely lost there. I didn't look before I started this reply, but are you in KC? Nebraska Furniture Mart carries a lot of the brands we are talking about here. (Focal, Klipsch, Polk, Sony, SVS) Their showroom is marginally better than Best Buy, but ask for Scott Ledgerwood, and he'll do you right. I bought my Anthem AVR there, and referred another friend that did the same. |
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From a DIY side of things, it's difficult to buy really exceptional drivers without spending a fortune. Before 2005, you could buy Vifa & Focal drivers which were used in a slew of audiophile speakers (some over $20k!). Now that they have disappeared, you are stuck with ScanSpeak if you're looking for a quality Danish driver. Jamo and those other Danish speaker builders probably used Vifa back in the day and faced some hard choices once Vifa was scooped up by Tymphany and discontinued. Joining Klipsch was probably a great thing for them, since Klipsch likely manufactures their own drivers in house now. |
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i'm a bit of a audiophile, and for budget, you cannot possibly get better sound for the money than the Andrew Jones signature pioneer speakers:
https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-SP-BS.../dp/B008NCD2LG https://www.themasterswitch.com/revi...ndrew-jones-51
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Polk Audio used to have some kick ass stuff at good prices but I don't think they have kept their same high quality as years ago.
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They had been owned for a while by a company called Sound Technology. They had owned Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics. In 2022 ST sold there holdings to Massimo a worldwide conglomerate in medical equipment. Anyone's guess if they are still the same quality or not?
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It seems like the streaming services are progressively getting better about providing more Atmos content even though it’s implemented through Dolby digital plus. However, some of them are not mixed well or make much use of the overhead Atmos speakers.
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