Advice on picking speakers

[KEW]

I'm currently running a 2.1 system with Ascend CMT-340 SE mains and an Outlaw LFM-1 EX. I've had this setup since 2009, and recently made the decision to upgrade my mains to Philharmonic BMRs after an extensive review of monitors in the 1500-3000 price range. I was very impressed with my demo of the BMRs, and I plan to post a review once I've had a chance to form some solid impressions of them. In the meantime, I can say that even though I ultimately decided that I've outgrown my Ascend CMT-340s, and I prefer the BMRs to the Ascends, I have no regrets over that initial purchase. The Ascend CMT-340s punch far above their weight, and they are well matched to the Outlaw sub.


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Looking forward to reading your write up of the BMRs!
Curious what other monitors in the $1500-$3000 range you heard.

 

[Thunder240]

Thanks, I'll post sometime in the next two weeks.

Here are the list of monitors I auditioned, other than the BMR, that were in my price range:

Revel M106
Amphion Argon3
Proac Tablette Anniversary
Paradigm Prestige 15
KEF R300
Robson Regis

And the ones I "auditioned" that were above my price range and so not true contenders:

Totem Element Ember
Sonus Faber Olympica 1
Focal Electra 1008 BE2
B&W 805 D3

While I didn't make any effort to compare the BMRs to the latter four speakers, I also didn't have any sort of heartburn about not having a higher budget that could have enabled me to buy any of them. The BMRs gave me everything I was looking for. Their closest competition was the Amphion, which gave me a sense of being in Row 1, and which had a low end that was almost (but not quite) as strong as the BMR's.

Of course there were several others if have liked to have auditioned that I couldn't find!


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