El Guapo
Senior Member
OK guys!
Over the course of two weekends I got myself an almost complete new surround gear!
I had an old Onkyo DD Receiver and a Boston Lynnfield VR speaker set. So I set out to look for a new set of speakers first.
After hearing a set of Monitor Audio Gold Signature (only the stereo setup) at a dealer I thought that they sounded really amazing. However, they come with a pretty steep price tag and the matching rears (which can be switched from dipoles to direct speakers) would be problematic to install in my room (I live under the roof and the walls are slanted).
I also wanted to try a set of Nubert speakers; Nubert is a German speaker manufacturer, and their speakers can only be obtained from them directly. The advantage is that you can order the speakers, set them up and try them out in your own home, and if you don't like them you can send them back within 30 days! Their speakers also get pretty good reviews in German Hifi magazines.
So I ordered a set of nuWave 105 front speakers, a CS-65 center, two rears DS-55 (these also can be switched from dipoles to direct speakers), and an active subwoofer AW-75.
After the speakers arrived I installed them and had a first listen in stereo: better than the Bostons for sure, but a far cry from the Monitor Audio!
Then I tried them in multichannel mode, and this sounded so much better!
The setup at the Monitor Audio dealer of course was completely different! And I knew that my Onkyo TX-DS656 was not really the best amp in stereo mode...
This prompted me to rush out to my Denon dealer the next day and get a new A/V Reveiver! I went for the Denon AVR-4306, and boy, did that make a difference! Suddenly, the stereo sounded really good and the multichannel even better!
Still the stereo reproduction was not a precise and detailed as that of the Monitor Audio (I might add that the stereo set of the Gold Signature costs about twice as much as the two 105 front speakers from the Nubert set...).
But this still didn't give me peace! There was a bigger nuWave front speaker available, the nuWave 125; shortly after a quick phone call with the Nubert hotline on Tuesday, a pair of nuWave 125 was on its way to my home
Yesterday they arrived, and so we carried them up to the living room and set them up! At first I was taken aback by the sheer size of these things! (The 125 stands for their height in cm) But after listenig to them, I knew that I could never go back to the smaller 105! These speakers were a revelation! They sound really marvellous!
One decision I still have to make though: I'm not sure I really need the active sub with these main speakers. Certainly not for music! I'll test over the weekend if I want to keep it for movie sound, or if I will send it back along with the 105 front speakers.
So, a new era of sound has begun in my livin room! :banana:
I attached two pics I just took: the first shows the front left main speaker, the active sub, and the center spreaker; the second one the right rear; it may look like a direct speaker, but it has a second driver in the back for the dipole mode. The speaker cable will be hidden in the speaker stand, this was just the preliminary setup until I knew if I would keep these speakers.
Best regards,
Oli
Over the course of two weekends I got myself an almost complete new surround gear!
I had an old Onkyo DD Receiver and a Boston Lynnfield VR speaker set. So I set out to look for a new set of speakers first.
After hearing a set of Monitor Audio Gold Signature (only the stereo setup) at a dealer I thought that they sounded really amazing. However, they come with a pretty steep price tag and the matching rears (which can be switched from dipoles to direct speakers) would be problematic to install in my room (I live under the roof and the walls are slanted).
I also wanted to try a set of Nubert speakers; Nubert is a German speaker manufacturer, and their speakers can only be obtained from them directly. The advantage is that you can order the speakers, set them up and try them out in your own home, and if you don't like them you can send them back within 30 days! Their speakers also get pretty good reviews in German Hifi magazines.
So I ordered a set of nuWave 105 front speakers, a CS-65 center, two rears DS-55 (these also can be switched from dipoles to direct speakers), and an active subwoofer AW-75.
After the speakers arrived I installed them and had a first listen in stereo: better than the Bostons for sure, but a far cry from the Monitor Audio!
Then I tried them in multichannel mode, and this sounded so much better!
The setup at the Monitor Audio dealer of course was completely different! And I knew that my Onkyo TX-DS656 was not really the best amp in stereo mode...
This prompted me to rush out to my Denon dealer the next day and get a new A/V Reveiver! I went for the Denon AVR-4306, and boy, did that make a difference! Suddenly, the stereo sounded really good and the multichannel even better!
Still the stereo reproduction was not a precise and detailed as that of the Monitor Audio (I might add that the stereo set of the Gold Signature costs about twice as much as the two 105 front speakers from the Nubert set...).
But this still didn't give me peace! There was a bigger nuWave front speaker available, the nuWave 125; shortly after a quick phone call with the Nubert hotline on Tuesday, a pair of nuWave 125 was on its way to my home
Yesterday they arrived, and so we carried them up to the living room and set them up! At first I was taken aback by the sheer size of these things! (The 125 stands for their height in cm) But after listenig to them, I knew that I could never go back to the smaller 105! These speakers were a revelation! They sound really marvellous!
One decision I still have to make though: I'm not sure I really need the active sub with these main speakers. Certainly not for music! I'll test over the weekend if I want to keep it for movie sound, or if I will send it back along with the 105 front speakers.
So, a new era of sound has begun in my livin room! :banana:
I attached two pics I just took: the first shows the front left main speaker, the active sub, and the center spreaker; the second one the right rear; it may look like a direct speaker, but it has a second driver in the back for the dipole mode. The speaker cable will be hidden in the speaker stand, this was just the preliminary setup until I knew if I would keep these speakers.
Best regards,
Oli