Monitor Audio Silver 2 vs Dali Zensor 3

Yea, thank you all for the opinions.

the fact that the MA Silver 2 is more expensive but the same price for me is an issue. TBH the Dali attracts me more...

another option would be Amphion Helium 1 or Ion speakers.. this brand is so hyped on pro audio forums I feel like trying them too

...i listened both of speakers many many times...forget the specs and materials...Zensor 3 are great speaker in their price range but Silver 2 is just 2 classes up...its better in everything...resolution, details, bigger soundstage, better box and terminals, more powerful bass, cleaner sounding...you name it...i would go for Silvers in a heartbeat...just take them and run in unknown direction...you will get the sound depending from the rest of your chain but Dali can sound sterile if you dont match it right....avoid Arcam amps with Dali...NAD BEE series will be good for Dali Zensor 3 and Silver 2...

Thank you, I'm finally ready to buy and might go for MA Silver...

realized I need punchy precise bass. my JBL LS40 is sounding a bit boomy. will use for monitoring, alternating with JBLs

  I've had the Silver 2's for a couple of years now & am pretty content with them--enough so that when I fantasize about something better, I include MA.  Anyways, from what I've heard so far, a significant, all over improvement is going to require a pretty large jump in price (percentage wise) or size (they compare very well to smaller floorstanders).

  Soundwise they're a bit hard to characterize as they've been consistently revealing of any upstream changes--the treble which I worried was a bit dry & analytic was much improved by a dac swap, and the bass, which I worried was a bit boomy, tightened substantially with a better more powerful amp.
 
  However, they aren't magical speakers to fall in love with.  In the 90s I had a pair of Castle's that had such a 'perfect' (forward) mid-range, that the slight lack of upper register detail, and bass best described as implicit rather than explicit, just didn't matter...

  Hope this helps,

Kirk