Budget tower speakers that rock!

Happy New Year! I thought I would come back in and perhaps put a cap on this thread...at least from my perspective. The Zu Audio Dirty Weekend pair was delivered to my door yesterday. I've got them hooked up and I think the simplest compliment I can make is that my music collection has never sounded so good. I'm enjoying everything I play right now--it all sounds involving, energetic and strong from these speakers. I've turned the volume knob to about 40% and found myself grinning ear to ear. Rush-Moving Pictures (recent vinyl reissue) made me feel 16 again. Lou Reed-Transformer (also a recent vinyl reissue) felt real in my room. The vocals seemed to image right over my shoulders. And now The National-Sleep Well Beast is pulsing in the room. Again, the vocals seem to be a strength here. I will say I think there is room to dial these in some more w/ positioning etc. Anyway, I'll stop now. I'm feeling very good about my purchase. Admittedly, the bar was low. Thank you for your input. I hope we all find some hi-fi nirvana this year. For me, 2021 is off to a great start! 

Someone mentioned Polk...

Unless you like it VERY bright AVOID Polk’s Rt/RTI/RTi A* towers. They are good for HT and they will pump and thump but...*I used modded RTi A7s for my LR in my HT

Definitive Technology and Polk are under the same parent company. For that reason you should avoid Def Tech HT speakers, too

a good used cheap RnR speaker is the Kef 304 - my first speakers from 40 years ago - still have them😊 Today if you can find them $300?

Won’t have quite the extension of some w/12” or bigger woofers. You will find it’s equally at home w/Boston or the the Boston Pops. One day I will rebuild mine. 
Tony

Big, used PA speakers would be great.
Or....2 sets of used 901's (with EQ's).  

/runs and hides....
:D

The best bang for the buck I've seen in fifty years of speaker fanaticism are the Boston Acoustics T-1030.  They have a very balanced and transparent presentation, they can go deep and loud, and they are dirt cheap on the used market.  They are pretty rare - people who own them don't tend to let them go, but if you're patient, you can pick up a pair for under $500.   I recently picked up a nice cherry veneer pair for $200.  

And I'm not a cheapskate with no experience in nice speakers.  I currently have 10 pairs of speakers set up at my ranch house, including JBL L-300, JBL Project Array 1400, Revel Ultima Salon 2, and JBL Everest DD67000.

I cannot dispute the aforementioned Fluance speakers perform well, they certainly may, just not Canadian made mate.  Designed and Engineered in Canada on the cabinets is code.

l like the PA suggestion.  Ear bleed, nose bleed and gastric distress.  But they will get you there.

Here is a sample of my 2 ch setup with the Fluance Signature Towers
https://youtu.be/mgO3HwiKbdQ

Klipsch Premiere Reference. When you get a little more money and have light DIY skills, get an upgrade kit from GR Research. Now you will have a world class, budget rock speaker.

My older son is a pro EDM artist (talking about loud with lots of low, synthesized bass) and loves his modified RP-8000F speakers driven to thunderous levels with another bargain, the Rega IO. So do the other producers, promoters, musicians, etc. that hang at his place. I bring hearing protection when I visit...

 

The $800 Klipsch speakers will fill up the space and sound balanced and may please your ears. I found them dull, compared to smaller, more musical speakers

Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-280F