[BrianM]

I use a pair of Dynaco A25XLs. They produce "stereo" in any room position and I never get tired of listening to them. At 40 years old, they are as new except for the speaker cloth. For $89 dollars back in the seventies, I wish I had a truckload of these.

Wayner

I think that qualifies as truly "old school" Wayne. 

[sabes]

atc scm-12's. they need tons of power, but are terrific and even perform well in a true "bookshelf" situation!

[Wardsweb]

For my back room system, I run some Roksan Rok One speakers on Bello 24" stands (SP-224B).

Here is a picture taken at a friends house during an audio meet. We were seeing how the Winsome Labs Mouse amp did driving different speakers. My friend built the line arrays, the rosewood speakers are the Rok One's and on top are some vintage Optimus LX4 with Kevlar cones and Linaeum tweeter.'

[doug s.]

hey wardsweb,

how did the lx4's sound?  i have two pairs, which were used in an ambient surround set-up; i never tried 'em as mains.  mebbe, w/my deqx, they might be worth a try, w/them stacked two per side...

doug s.

[TheChairGuy]

I heard an extended session with the ATC SCM-7's (the babies in their line) and was I ever impressed.  The wee wonders are/were $1100.00 a pair  and need lotsa' power to drive them.  With a hi-current YBA amp driving them, they sounded beyond superb.  Fair bass extension for their size, rock solid imaging and it all hung together like no bookshelf I've ever heard. 

It blew the Quad 11L's away that I heard on the same day...and they are no slouches (I ultimately bought the Quad's as I didn't have the power to drive the ATC's and my budget, at that time, was stretched at the $700 for the Quad's).  My Dad has the Quad's now....and they sound very fine in his den.  I can recommend them heartily especially used well under $450.

My current speakers are 10 year old Linaeum Tower models (rewired, and acoustically deadened with 20 lbs of Plast-i-Clay and lead shot and Acousta-Fil fibre in each and added Tekna-Sonic Vibration Absorber to the rears) ...and I owned a couple of the Radio Shack branded Linaeum's before. They're all good....but stick to the 4-6.5" woofer'ed units....the 7-8" pairing with the incredibly fast Linaeum tweeter don't jive together well enough. The LX-4 and LX-5's were great for likely that reason.

The Linaeum tweeters on the Linaeum-brand speakers are a little higher end than the Radio Shack counterparts...whether it was the bi-pole or monopole versions.

I've found over time that mass = pleasure with speakers.  The smallest cabinet size and the heaviest weight for it's particular size normally add up to one heckuva' good sounding speaker.  It's easier to make a more rigid bookshelf sized cabinet than a floorstander, and less expensive as materials and labor are less, so I'm a bookshelf lover at heart...currently in love with a floorstander.

Go figure    John

[Wardsweb]

hey wardsweb,

how did the lx4's sound?  i have two pairs, which were used in an ambient surround set-up; i never tried 'em as mains.  mebbe, w/my deqx, they might be worth a try, w/them stacked two per side...

doug s.

Eveyone was impressed with the little LX4's. They have an amazing sound for their size. When I first ran them, eveyone thought it was the Rok Ones. The Winsome Labs Mouse Amp pushed them well and would be a killer bedroom or office system.

[bluemike]

Tonian Acoustics makes a very good monitor

Somehow Tony M. Designer of Tonian acoustics has managed to keep relatively low key while his speakers continue to gain world acclaim

I have his monitors in my main system but itching to move up to his phy offerings

Check out the 6 moons review on the TL NFSM for further details