Which Floorstanders?

[Hamish]

... for £250

Is something like Tannoy Sensys 2 or Mordaunt Short 914i any good? They will be attached to a NAD C320BEE amp and replacing my Tannoy Mercury speakers from the mid '80s

 

[adamau5]

kef q5's would get my vote - £250 at you know where.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

Before you jump in with both feat, go have a listen to a few options and if you find one you prefer, make sure that you compare with the Mercurys that you have. The Mercurys were class leading in their day and cost around £120 back then. Add inflation that they're a similar price to what you're talking about.

 

[9designs2]

Linn Keilidh £200-250 second hand (new was £650)

 

[^TANK^]

kef q5's would get my vote - £250 at you know where.

I'll second that smashing pair of speaker's for that price.

 

[Hamish]

kef q5's would get my vote - £250 at you know where.

They look awesome, care to point me in the right direction?

 

[^TANK^]

Iook on the richer sounds website.

 

[Raikiri]

They only have Maple ones at £300 now, I think they used to stock the 'apple' at £250.

 

[badbob]

For that budget, I'd be looking at standmounts. You won't get anything reaching "good" floostanders for £250

 

[Bes]

Don't get cheap KEF floorstanders- they suck. Really.

Go and listen to a few and get some second hand bookshelves for that kind of money IMO.

 

[SideWinder]

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/3222
I have these, quite impressive for the price but they are over your budget.

 

[9designs2]

For that budget, I'd be looking at standmounts. You won't get anything reaching "good" floostanders for £250

Or I could repeat my suggestion !!!! used floor standers are in budget and will be far better than the equipment feeding them !!!

 

[Things change I've changed]

for that budget it's hard to find good floor standers, I'd recommend stand mounts and even then then the best I can do is the Quad 11L2's @ £379

 

[kinggost]

i have the mordaunt short 908i and love them but like every one says you have to really demo them

 

[james.miller]

Linn Keilidh £200-250 second hand (new was £650)

mmmn Linn. i like the look of those

 

[mattpc]

mmmn Linn. i like the look of those

They are good-careful what you pair them with.

 

[Alibaba99]

Linn Keilidh £200-250 second hand (new was £650)

They need to be partnered with some pretty decent amplification to make them sing though.

 

[james.miller]

i dont fancy buying a power amp just yet, but i do like the look of those Linn unpronounceables!

 

[SideWinder]

They are good-careful what you pair them with.

Explain?

 

[badbob]

Explain?

Low sensivitity/low impedance?