Speakers for 70s Pioneer system
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:39 pm
Hi all,
So - the PL-71 and SX-939 I picked up recently have been a great success and are looking like the basis of an interesting second system for my loft.
I'm trying to come up with something which is a good contrast to my downstairs system based on TD-150, P20, Quad 303, Spendor S3/5r2... so thinking of some big old 70s floor standers to complete the picture. The pioneer has a bit more power than the Quad too.
Sadly I don't think my wife would allow Cubes on aesthetic grounds, but the retro appearance of the Pioneer gear seems to be just-about tolerable so far, and I suspect something like some JBL L100 might just be acceptable
Anybody have any interesting suggestions at that size? I'm thinking Kef Calinda kinda thing but perhaps they are bit to British... trying to resist temptation to pick up some old Harbeth HL Monitors or something too.
I can sometimes find the Spendor's a little dark in my current rig (possibly due to my Denon DL301II cart which seems to be on the warm side of neutral) so I might swap that with the V15III (with JICO SAS) on the Thorens to brighten up the downstairs system a bit.
As such, I'd probably be interested in something a bit more open and airy than the Spendors for upstairs (to compensate for the relatively warm cart likely to be on PL-71 for a bit)...
Appreciate any (positive) suggestions!
So - the PL-71 and SX-939 I picked up recently have been a great success and are looking like the basis of an interesting second system for my loft.
I'm trying to come up with something which is a good contrast to my downstairs system based on TD-150, P20, Quad 303, Spendor S3/5r2... so thinking of some big old 70s floor standers to complete the picture. The pioneer has a bit more power than the Quad too.
Sadly I don't think my wife would allow Cubes on aesthetic grounds, but the retro appearance of the Pioneer gear seems to be just-about tolerable so far, and I suspect something like some JBL L100 might just be acceptable
Anybody have any interesting suggestions at that size? I'm thinking Kef Calinda kinda thing but perhaps they are bit to British... trying to resist temptation to pick up some old Harbeth HL Monitors or something too.
I can sometimes find the Spendor's a little dark in my current rig (possibly due to my Denon DL301II cart which seems to be on the warm side of neutral) so I might swap that with the V15III (with JICO SAS) on the Thorens to brighten up the downstairs system a bit.
As such, I'd probably be interested in something a bit more open and airy than the Spendors for upstairs (to compensate for the relatively warm cart likely to be on PL-71 for a bit)...
Appreciate any (positive) suggestions!