Speaker recommendation for Ion Obelisk 1

[dicy]

Hi All

A friend of mine is nearing retirement and has decided to get back into our wonderful passtime.

He's off to a decent start as he already has a Linn Basik TT and an Ion Obelisk 1 amp. Both are being serviced and an AT95EN fitted to the TT.

So i'm helping him look for a suitable pair of speakers, he likes a fairly warm musical sound and most importantly something that will sound good at fairly low volumes.

Budget is between £200 to £300, but he would be willing to push the boat out a fair bit if something amazing came up.

Would really appreciate some Wam wisdom on anything that will suit, anything with particular synergy with the Obelisk that sounds great at lower volumes. He isn't fussed on type - so floorstanders or Standmounts both ok and it's a fair;y average sized living room (but it is a flat).

And if you have anything to sell, please let me know.

Cheers

Rich

 

[lazycat]

Richer Sounds have a decent selection at this price range.

Maybe he should take his amp and have a listen.

 

[Lurch]

There's these in the classieds, an absolute steal especially as they come with the matching stands.
https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/threads/q-acoustics-2020-stands.107862/

 

[bencat]

There is a pair of Castle Severn 2 on sale on eBay for £200 and these are lovely sounding speaker . At odds with the current in my view bright and detailed sound that seems popular . Rather these hark back to early KEF and Wharfdale speakers . I think they would work very well with the Ion and a tt .

 

[bigfish786]

I’d go with Triangle Borea bro3 from richer sounds.

 

[dicy]

Any thoughts on how a pair of Kef Coda 3's would pair with the Obelisk?

Or Kef 104/2's?

 

[bencat]

I would strongly suggest that an offer be made on these as they would also be a very good buy . As the auction is ending quite soon around £100 looks like it would secure them and they would sound much better than the Kef Coda 3 . I suspect 104/2 may well be a little outside the budget but they are nice speakers . My only worry with them would be that they were not that wonderful at low levels only really coming alive with quite a bit of oomph .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294888591723?hash=item44a8bad16b:g:V20AAOSwQ7hiQNp8

 

[Jezmond]

Definitely go secondhand.

Ruark Swordsman, Rega Ela, Monitor Audio 7, Royd Eden or similar.

Excellent amps, I had a 3x/Xpak but was familiar with all of them as I used to help out in a friends shop. Had a factory tour too and met Richard Hay,