I pretty happy with my Joseph Audio Perspectives.
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Final speaker… no surly not but I will be keeping my JBL 4367 for a longtime. They have no real flaw and do a lot of things really well. I will happily move up the JBL line when and if I get the chance.
I have pivoted more toward my home theater (new projector/screen) since buying the JBL as I don’t read or look for other speakers. I might buy some new subs as they will be used in both systems (same room).
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OP, “…Over the years, my speaker "Revolving-door" was a learning process for me…”
Was your door also revolving with respect to electronics? Since many different speakers will require very different electronics to sound their best. Or did you keep your electronics the same and swap speakers until you got a solid match?
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I am aiming at a pair of Stenheim statement or Kharma Exquisite midi grand. Honestly in today's inflated market, you won't get "end of game" speaker for anything under $100K. $150-$250 K is more likely.
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At 83 years old I doubt I will be moving on from my recently acquired Sonus Faber Sonetto V speakers.
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Trying your best to burst his bubble? So, price is proportional to quality of sound.
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Depends what you mean by "endgame". I have had my Tidal Contriva Diacera's for about a decade now, and will never get rid of them. At some point I might buy another pair of speakers with different driver technology to also have in the audio room just for a change of pace (e.g., a top of the line planar, MBL 101)
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They are nice for Mid fi Audiophile speakers
speakers like MBL 101 Omni directional speakers are true bend game speakers
if you have the $$ money . There is a Big difference as to a True Reference Loudspeaker ,vs one you can afford that sounds good to match your financial budget.
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Over the years, my speaker "Revolving-door" was a learning process for me, experimenting with different speakers and different types of speakers, making new discoveries, and having lots of fun in the process. However, all that speaker experimentation, as someone has already mentioned, started to take a toll on my finances. So, after finally figuring out exactly what type of speakers suited my listening tastes the most, I began to focus in on finding that special pair of speakers that could keep me satisfied for the long term, and the Revel Salon 2 speakers checked all the boxes for me. And now, my ears, and my wallet thank me.
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We cannot know which could be our end game speakers BEFORE embedding them the right way in our SPECIFIC electrical grid/house/room/system...
But most people anyway judge by price tag more than by acoustics ...
For sure my Tannoy dual concentric were way higher end than my actual small active low cost speakers and the Magnepan of some friend too are more high end ...
But guess why i prefer my actual low cost active speakers ?
I embed them well acoustically , mechanically and electrically ...It was not the case with the magnepan nor with my Tannoy better speakers
My actual low cost speakers punch over their cost/design level by the modifications i put in place for sure ...
Then conclusion :
Give me any basic good speakers and nevermind his price i will make them play at their optimal and then i will be happy ... It is much less about money and taste and much more about acoustics basic and embeddings control ......
My experience and my 2 cents ...
My end game could be any basically well designed speakers at almost any price ...
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I love my Sonus Faber Amati Traditional… and are my end game speakers… well, err, that is… unless the stock market rises a lot.
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I was phenomenally fortunate to acquire small Raidho D2 floorstanders used which replaced much larger Dynaudio Sapphires (and bested them every way except sheer output levels). They are a game changer and I cannot think I'll find anything so good for the price I paid. Now it's electronics upgrades. Speakers = Done!
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I wanted my salon 2's to be my end game speakers, and I was surprised my 250/425 wpc amp didn't have the juice to wake them up. Makes me wonder how many end game speakers I've owned that I didn't have the right compliment of components to bring out their best?
My current system is likely my last and sometimes I wonder how some of my other 'endgame' speakers would have fared with my current components?
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Im a Gon's LTR champ on relationship with speakers and commitment to final speaker after all so far.
I also didn't change my amp at all -- only repaired it once and never re-capped in 20+ years of ownership...
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i am coming up on a decade with Vandersteen 7 mk2…. ;-) hours of fatige free musical bliss…
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hilde45 "Genuine question? Absolutely. But high end audio is journey and, like myself, at some point, after experimenting with multiple speakers over time, so many of us really do come across a special speaker that they actually keep for........"Decades."
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How many times have folks declared they had their "end game" speaker only to find that it was not their end game speaker? Genuine question.
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Enjoy your Revels. Changing speakers is like changing wives, always costs you 50%.
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Currently have B&W 804 D3s. I think moving up to 803 D4s would do it for me (just because they look so cool -Walnut body with silver turbine).
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I have 2; Vandersteen 5A, Perlisten S7t. Both amazingly great.
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I think my Ref 3A de Capos might be my end game. Hard to beat for the price and put out enough sound with my 4 watt amp.
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Happily married to Aerial 10T for the past 21 years.
In 4 years I'll celebrate Silver wedding and in another 25, if alive will celebrate Golden wedding...
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I would die for a pair of Salon 2'. So I guess that would be my end game speaker.
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Enjoy the feeling. It won't last.
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My end game speakers were my Harbeth SHL5s back in about 2005. Then there was the Opera Callas, Totem Hawks, Harbeth Monitor 30’s, another pair of Opera Callas, Trenner $ Freidl and a couple more. Basically, my end game speaker is the one sitting in my system on the day I drop dead.
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