LSA110 Statement as possible replacment for Silverline SR17.5?


Toying with the idea of upgrading my Silverline monitors. The new, Supreme version cost $7500 and I'd rather spend less. Anyone familiar with the LSA110 Statements ?  Just how good are they?  How bright/Neutral/Warm ?
Any other suggestions under 4K ?

Rest of my system:
Wells Audio Majestic integrated
Moon 260D transport
Aqua La Voce DAC
Acoustic Zen IC
AudioArt speaker and digital cables


stuartk

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Are you sure they’re fully broken in yet?  How many hours do you have on them?

I hear ya on the lower mids — I think my speakers give a very slight oomph there too, and it does make many other speakers sound a bit neutered, more distant, and less involving by comparison.  I really think you’d need to go to the Pulsars or better to improve upon your 17.5s.  If I was you my first impulse would be to find a way to add two small subs and see if they fill in that last piece.  You could try a pair of SVS SB1000s for about $1000 for 45 days and if they don’t bring you to a whole new level of happiness you can return them risk free.  In any event, it’s sure a lot easier than trying to significantly improve upon your excellent Silverlines IMHO.
You may be in luck. There’s a nice pair of Joseph Audio Pulsars (the speakers the LSAs benchmarked) here for $3500. If they don’t blow you away you can probably sell them for what you paid, and if you like them you can upgrade them to Graphene version and get even more improvement if you get the urge. I’d hop on them ASAP. Best of luck.
Your Silverlines are obviously great speakers.  What specifically would you like to improve upon?