I know eveyone and every room is different, however if you can dedicate a space to the speakers, and provide proper amplification I dont understand how you could go wrong with magnepans. The secret to making maggies work is placing them litterally in the middle of the room with ample distance from the sidewalls. This requires a decent sized room that is dedicated only to the equipment and speakers but you should be rewarded with unboxed amazing imaging and neutral sound. Now obviously you would also want a pretty great muscle amp to drive them at 4ohms. They may not be the best for speed metal and rap but just about everything else is amazing. Maybe make sure you dont have cats either. That could be bad. I think 3.7 maggies backed by like krell fpb amps is just amazing! Even big ice amps like wyred4's are great with Maggie's. Just 2 cents worth of dribble.
Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K)
I am on a long search for speakers and just curious what people think is the best value both new or used in speakers ranging from around $5000 to $15000? I have a set of Paradigm S8's (V1) and love them but looking for another set for another set in a different listening area (25 x 20?, maybe larger). I love the full sound of JBL's and looking for something in that range (it also helps that JBL's seem to hold their value better than most, which will be a consideration). The only drawback to JBL is footprint. I prefer a smaller footprint which is why after reading I hope to listen to several B&W 800 series but open to suggestions across the board. used Watt Puppies? Revels? I am curious about peoples experience with McIntosh XR100's.