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Looking for a good full range floor stander

Hello all.  Making a good two way system for a 20 x 40x 12 high room budget 12k to 16 k.  Powered by a bryston 14b cubed amp.  Have a surround system with Golden ear ref and surrounds powered by parasound a21 for mains  and Carver cinema grand for surrounds. Like the GEs  The speakers I'm looking for will be for music only lots of jazz (female vocalist a fav), classical, classic rock and roll (70's and up).  I have heard good things about proac k6, Joseph audio, and a few others but am not within 4 hours of audition range.  Real interested in people in the know about the proac or suggestions.  Thanks in advance.
paliden

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keegiam
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Sounds like hair-splitting.  Planar speakers are OK as long as there's some curvature?  How much curvature is needed?

The original Quads are - in your opinion - flat or curved?
keegiam
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@audiotroy:  <<Every large flat panel speaker will have a terrible image because of defraction>>

Balderdash.  You just lost any respect I had for you before.  One of my best listening experiences over 40+ years was with a friend's pair of Martin Logans.  With a tube front end, Cannonball Adderly was playing six feet in front of me - and the Martin Logans were 15 feet away.  It was everything we strive for in a home system.
keegiam
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<<We tend to favor the bigger companies for one reason which is not price but ultimate performance tends to be with these companies, which have the raw engineering talent and budget to push the boundaries of sound.>>
There you have it - from the horse's mouth.
keegiam
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@schubert 

"I've owned over 100 speakers."

Yikes.  I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum; I've owned 2 primary pair in 43 years (Dahlquist DQ10a's, Aerial 10T's).  My selection process was always exhaustive, and I've listened to over 100 speakers, but obviously I stick with the ones I love the most.

I'm both envious of your energy and daunted by the prospect of switching so regularly.  What drives you to change so much?

Where do the rest of you fall in this arena?
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