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Looking for New Speakers - Suggestions

I am finally actively looking for a new speaker setup for use primarily as 2 channel but will also be used for HT. I prefer to build the system around my front to channels.

Here is my story. I have been in the AV biz for 12 years. I have heard 100's of speakers and never really fell in love with them. I have owned the following

B&W 805's
B&W CM4's
Paradigm Atoms
Paradigm Studio 60's
Energy Take 5 (college)
KEF KHT 6000
Monsooon FPF600's
Martin Logan Clarity's

I have actively sold Monitor Audio, Krell, McIntosh, Paradigm, B&W, Sonance, Def Tech, KEF, Vienna Acoustics, JBL Synthesis, Polk, Velodyne.

I really enjoy music loud. Like U2 360 concert loud. I just can't get enough of a dynamic system. I blew the drivers out of our floor model Krell LAT-2's one day demoing them when we first got them in. I listen to jazz, classical, etc. quite a bit but for the most part I listen to indie rock and electronic music.

I really have never found a home speaker that was dynamic and exciting but could also quiet down and let me enjoy some old jazz vinyl I picked up from my father.

I was thinking about going to line array based speakers or Maggies but wondering what other products might be out there.
skent12

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timrhu
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I see hearing aids too in your future.

That was my initial reaction. :)
timrhu
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Just looking for suggestions so I can start the process. I have already found alot of the speakers suggested on this thread for well under my budget so I will probably start at the top, purchase them, sell them if I don't like them and move on to the next.
Skent12

Excellent idea. As I was reading through the suggestions and your responses I was waiting to get to the end before suggesting that very thing.
That's how I found all the equipment in my system. Everything I own now has been purchased used and thoroughly compared against competitors. What's in my system has proved most favorable to my ears. The only ears that matter in my room.
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