Bose Companion 2 Series II or M-Audio BX5 D3 Crimson 2 way Studio Monitors for my 6600M

Hi Julie

do a search here in the community, been disussed numerous time. You will find everything you asking for answered.

I use Bose Companion w. my 6700 and they sound very good, very happy with them. They have been the speakers of choise in this community several times.

Might add that when pulling in weak stations, as well as in contest, I prefer to use a head-set.

i use Bose with my 6600m which sound great for SSB

but

i prefer to use Heil Quiet Phone Headset for pulling out the weak ones on both SSB and CW...

cause it does active noise cancelling which also cuts out the noise that runs thru my House and Barks ;-))

Paul K3SF

  Tune whatever speakers you get to your own ears with EQ.
  Get noise cancelling earphones.

  If the speakers you have now have good RF immunity, keep them.

  Ned,  K1NJ

I am running bose companion 2's as well and they are a good rag chew speaker but disappointing for pulling out weak CW and SSB signals. I have to grab my RadioSports when I need help.

I had a set of Palstar speakers before with an amp and they were much better than the Bose but expensive and large. As a matter of fact I got rid of them to gain some shelf space.

That said, I don't plan on getting rid of the Bose anytime soon as they are probably as good as you can get for powdered speakers. Just know there are better out there.

I've found headphones to be the best way to really pull out the weak signals. For audio when I'm not wearing them, I have two options. First is a Monsoon planar speaker system. Sadly, this isn't made any more. The other option is a BlueTooth Egg remote.  I plug a BT adapter into my Maestro's headphone port, and pair them up. Either of your possible setups should do well.

One thing is for certain - you have the right radio to hear the weak ones.