A little more info would really help narrowing down the field (there are literally thousands of speaker models out there!).
What kinds of music do you listen to, and how loud?
Size of the room in which you’d be placing them? And is the room heavily damped (lots of absorptive things, like cushy furniture, bookcases, carpeting, etc.) or lively (reflective, with lots of glass, concrete, tile, etc.)?
Output wattage of the amplifier driving the speakers?
How much room can the speakers take up physically - in generally increasing size order, minis, bookshelf, stand-mounted, floorstanders? And can you space them so they’re away from the walls?
Do they need to be shielded due to proximity to a CRT-type TV?
What’s your intended MAX budget?
How important is it that they be white, and does it matter if they’re finished in wood or metal?
What speakers have you heard in the last couple of years that really impressed you?
Are you a fussy listener, or not overly critical?
The white speaker issue might be one of the most limiting things - off the top of my head, the first things that come to mind are Axiom, Cabasse, Canton, Gale, and Radio Shack (don’t laugh - the RS Minimus-7 speakers can be very good with a little modification, swapping out the electrolytic cap in the crossover with a film cap, and they’ll outshine junk from Bose and the like every day of the week).
There are a lot of white-finished ‘decorator’ speakers sold for home theater use, but unfortunately most of them are as awful as can be.
Welcome back to the audio world! And in case you haven’t kept up, know now that all audiophiles are flat out craaaaaaazy. :-) We’ll get you step-by-step...first with the speakers, then a couple of innocuous upgrades here and there...and soon you’ll be forking over your paycheck to the local pusher, er, I mean, dealer. When you move up to tubes and vinyl, hold on to your hat!
” When you move up to tubes and vinyl, hold on to your hat! “
Glad you broke the ice - I was afraid of showing my age with my thought on the subject —
It ain’t a ‘system’ if it don’t have a turntable, and it ain’t ‘stereo’ unless the amplifier is home-built.. (Kits okay for beginners...)
;)
There is no Minimus-7 at the Radio Shack website.
I listen to classical, medieval, musicals, crooners, and jazz for the most part.
It is about a 20 by 16 room but opens into other areas not heavily damped (what’s a curtain?)
I think bookshelf size.
How far from the walls? six inches, two feet?
No Tv
I was hoping about 200.
I am trying to regain the music in my life. I have been listening to a $50 sound system the kids bought me from Mart-mart or Targmart or someplace like that.
I just want to listen to beautiful music and not have it blur. i love components and how they work. the music seems somewhat more substantial in a nice component system. After I buy the TV, I am going to upgrade the components although I dont think the cd player needs upgrade. it is a 6 slot Pioneer PDM 426 which replaced the sony carousel that died years ago.
Thank you.