Forum poll. What kind of speakers do you have? What do you like about them?

I have a pair of Bowers & Wilkins 801. I bought it in 2003.
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The photo gives you a pretty good idea of why this (passive) speaker is sometimes nicknamed THE WASHING MACHINE…:joy:

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Noteperfect Maestro
Active bass, Passive mids, tweeters

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Active: Grimm LS1be

Passive: German Physiks Unlimited II

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I’ve always owned passive speakers. I wanted a fun full sounding speaker, didn’t care if it was a little colored. Musical is way more important to me than perfectly flat response.

Wilson Audio Sabrinas

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I have passive speakers, Avalon Acoustics Indra II. Just love’ em!!!

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I have active speakers, a pair of Cabasse L’OCEÁN.
cabasse
http://www.cabasse.com/en/cabasse_product/locean/

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B&W 802 D (passive).

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Here also Wilson Sabrinas

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Meridian 8000SE (digital actives) and Genelec 6010 (analogue actives) plus two pairs of Meridian D33 (digital actives) sitting around waiting to be plugged in.

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Congrats Alan.
I have never heard them but the sculptural looks alone make them very sexy :sunglasses:

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Audio Physic Cardeas Plus (passive).


http://www.audiophysic.de/cardeas_plus/index_e.html

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MBL Radialstrahler 101 E MKII (power hungry :grinning:).

http://www.mbl.de/radialstrahler-mbl-101-e-mk-ii/?lang=en

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Passive (but with built in subwoofers):

Just recently sold my GoldenEar Triton Ones before moving into a small apartment, temporarily:

Will be upgrading to the new Triton One ‘Reference’ model very shortly - as soon as I move out of this apartment (very soon).

Can’t wait :slight_smile:

Some drool worthy speakers on this thread.

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Here’s another example of an ultra-mega-hyper-high-end loudspeaker system that might stimulate people’s saliva production: My Harman Kardon SoundSticks III & subwoofer (both active!). Money no object! :joy:

<£200…:sunglasses:

Happy New Year everyone!

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I have mostly pâssive speakers but I have looked longingly at some actives in the last year or so. It will have to wait now as I just took delivery two weeks ago of a set of Tekton Double Impact speakers.They are not broken in at all, only roughly in place where I estimated they should go in my room, no speakers spikes and not yet matched to any particular amp but I can already definitely describe them as ‘Wow! Value for the money.’ http://www.tektondesign.com/double-impact.html

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Those are really nice. I had those for quite some years on my desktop. Classics.

But your Backes & Müller BM Line 35’s… wow

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Passive. I’m a KEF head - love those UniQ drivers.
Bedroom - R300 stand mounts.
HT setup - XQ 30/50C/10 (with 2 Velodyne MiniVee active subs).

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Great thread! I have a pair of active speakers, Geithain ML 811 K1.

ML 811K1

http://www.me-geithain.de/index.php/en/studio/products/active-loudspeaker/ml-811k1

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What’s the top end like @Paul.Brettschneider?

I own a pair of Dynaudio Contour 1.8mk2 speakers for 8 years now and still going strong.

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https://www.dynaudio.com/discontinued-models/contour/contour-18-mk-ii

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