Ok, I am interested in what some of you may know about good off-axis speakers. I currently have some old Mirage bi-polars that have some issues (thus my motivation for this inquiry), but one thing I think the excell at is maintaining the same quality sound no matter where I sit in the room. As I walk around the sound doesn't change dramatically. I've spent some good money on a dual sub setup to have even all room bass distribution, but now don't want to go back to a limited seating area due to the nature of my mains I may purchase. I've been to audition other speakers from local stores and really notice the speakers change in character until you get in the small sweet spot. I don't want that. I've read line arrays tend to be very good "off-axis" or have a very large sweet spot, but that type of speaker is very limited these days. I was impressed with some Martin Logans, but their vertical dispersion was very limited, unless we get to the very tall versions.

So, how do some of the commonly discussed brands fair when listening off axis? SVS MTS, Aperion Audio, Klipsch, Polk, Ascend, etc... If you've got them, let me know if the audio changes when you move around. Thanks!

Ok, I am interested in what some of you may know about good off-axis speakers. I currently have some old Mirage bi-polars that have some issues (thus my motivation for this inquiry), but one thing I think the excell at is maintaining the same quality sound no matter where I sit in the room. As I walk around the sound doesn't change dramatically. I've spent some good money on a dual sub setup to have even all room bass distribution, but now don't want to go back to a limited seating area due to the nature of my mains I may purchase. I've been to audition other speakers from local stores and really notice the speakers change in character until you get in the small sweet spot. I don't want that. I've read line arrays tend to be very good "off-axis" or have a very large sweet spot, but that type of speaker is very limited these days. I was impressed with some Martin Logans, but their vertical dispersion was very limited, unless we get to the very tall versions.

So, how do some of the commonly discussed brands fair when listening off axis? SVS MTS, Aperion Audio, Klipsch, Polk, Ascend, etc... If you've got them, let me know if the audio changes when you move around. Thanks!


Try Revel. Wide dispersion is one of their key features, pretty much across the whole current line from Concerta to Performa to Ultima2. www.revelspeakers.com

All of their stuff can be seen in summary at: http://cgim.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/bb.pl?revel&1&listmodls&3&4&zzGoodsound37&zzkoegck/DEqOP6

Cheers

Thanks. Revel - nice speakers...especially the Ultima line. The Concerta are perhaps a bit more my speed, so I'll keep my eyes open. Exterior finish is also a concern for the WAF to go along with my piano black subs, so that may pose an issue.

Anyone else regarding the Aperions or SVS on their wide dispersion-ness?

Try listening to some Dali Ikons.

How about a pair of Mirage flagship OMD-28s ? Vanns is running a closeout sale on them and the price just can't be beat. I have a pair of these up front and the off axis performance is excellent !

KEF's coincidentally arrayed UniQ driver