$50k - $80k Budget…Opinions please.


Long story short, I sold my beloved 2-channel to reduce family debt. In about a year-ish, I’ll be in a position to rebuild with a hefty budget. I loved my Harbeth + Pass Labs combo. My REL sub died before I really got to integrate it, so opinions wanted there as well. I fully understand the diminishing margin of returns when moving into some arenas, but that’s ok, opinions are strongly encouraged.

I listen to a lot of Miles Davis/Coltrane, Radiohead, Tool, Pearl Jam, Brent Cobb. I’ve often preferred “organic” or neutral, not sure how technical that is.

toddcowles

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Yah room is important  but maybe you can't do anything to the room.  Obviously, you had the Harbeth in the old system, and that worked out fine.  I have been in your shoes twice in the last 4 years.  I did travel around the country to visit areas where there are a lot of dealers and also attend shows.  

The main priority is finding a speaker that you really love and it will probably be different than Harbeth.  You are probably going to be looking at speakers in the $20-35k price range.  All of the other components are a piece of cake after the speakers.  If you find a speaker you really like, see if any are available on the used market.

I once bought amps before a speaker.  What a major mistake.  I ended up having to sell the amps and never played them.  Buy speakers first.