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Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?

I realise that the music industry seems to care less and less about timbre, see
https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwII

But for me, without timbre music reproduction can be compared to food which lacks flavour or a modern movie with washed out colours. Occasionally interesting, but rarely engaging.

So my question is, what are your loudspeaker candidates if you are looking for a 'Technicolor' sound?

I know many use tube amps solely for this aim, but perhaps they are a subject deserving an entirely separate discussion.
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helomech
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Spendor and Graham.
helomech
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There are several things about the Magnepan x.7 series that supersede all the dogma about previous maggies--grainy, lack of low level detail, hard to drive, etc
That describes just a few of the reasons I unloaded my 1.7is, however, I'll admit they're one of the best at their price point.
helomech
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Total agreement. 6 inch woofer is simply too big for the mid range. B&W and countless other speakers never sound completely natural for this very reason.
Appraently you've never heard a BBC 8" - only ESLs can compete.
helomech
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pulp and paper cones are outstanding - beautifully damped, stiff and light weight. They must not be driven in to breakup - so the operating bandwidth is less than more rigid cones.
Hmm... I think you’ve got that backwards. It’s extremely rigid/metal cones you don’t want operating near their breakup as they tend to be rather brash about it. I can’t off the top of my head think of any manufacturers that crossover metal midwoofers into the 3kHz^ band, however, many do it with paper and plastic cones.
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