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Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation

Looking to upgrade from my current Rogers LS3/5a + AB1 REL 328 setup .  While I love the smooth mids of these speakers (especially on voices/acoustic instruments), I tend to play harder music more frequently (alt/rock/punk/etc) which these do not excel at. I like to play music loud and have a real world living room my system is in (cathedral ceiling, open on one side, many windows. couch between my speakers) so setup is a challenge. I hate harsh sounding speakers.

My current playback system consists of a Oppo-BDP105 (or primarily Roon/JRiver via Ethernet) into a PS Audio DirectStream Jr DAC > Conrad Johnson Premier 14 Tube Pre > Conrad Johnson MF2500a Amp.  All run by a PS Audio P5 with a combination of Nordost/Shunyata cabling.

Looking to spend around $4,000-$7,000 but could be flexible. Used or new is fine.

Currently considering:

PSB Imagine T3
Vandersteen Trio CT
Spendor D7
Mangepan 3.7i (don't think this will work with high SPL)
Endeavor Audio E-3
Revel F208
Golden Ear Triton 1
Dynaudio Excite X44

Any other speakers I should be considering based on my equipment, volume preference and music? Anything I should eliminate?

Looking forward to hearing everyone's opinions & thank you in advance
fdemello
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bubba12
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I heard the Endeavor speakers at Axpona and they were fantastic. Powered by all Audio Alchemy gear. The Triton ones are great also.

erik_squires
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Parts Connexion (an Audiogon dealer) is selling a number of Monitor Audio models at very good discounts. Check them out.
mthowe
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Happy New Year, all...in my respectful opinion, the Tekton Pendragons and Double Impacts absolutely trounce anything in what most serious music listeners would consider a very modest price bracket.  I've the very good fortune of working in the music industry and have access to a panoply of equipment, from the most basic to outlandishly esoteric, pretty much on demand.  I have either owned or spent significant amounts of time with B&W 800D's, PMC IB2 and MB2's, ATC 150's, GoldenEar Triton Ones and Twos, various Tannoy models including System 15 DMTII's and Super Red / Gold, Klipschorns / La Scalas / Cornwalls, Wavetouch Mt. Raniers and Grand Tetons, several Wilson Audio models from the Sasha to the MAXX 3, Magico...you get the idea.  All of the aforementioned are superb speakers and generally excel in at least one or two areas, but the Tekton models I've owned and heard compete at the highest levels in ALL areas and provide--for me, at least--an unparalleled degree of visceral impact and pure emotional engagement while sacrificing nothing in terms nuance, detail, imaging, etc.  They are superb.
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stereo5
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"The Triton Ones sound like they would work but I am a bit turned off by the fit/finish.  Those sleeves/and the overall unit look cheap. What do you think as a owner?"

They look quite elegant in my living room and it has a very high WAF.  If these speakers were made of fine grade furniture, they would probably cost 2,500.00 more than they do. 

fdemello OP
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I'll take a look at the Tekton's. Thanks
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