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Musical Speakers that can provide dynamics for HT

Looking for musical speakers that have detail, accuracy and a sweet midrange and highs for female vocals but are dynamic enough to do a good job on home theater. Room is 17x19x8 1/2. Starting with a 2 channel system that will grow into 5.1 HT with an emphasis on music. Was thinking about Thiel 2.3, Revel F30 or Merlin VSM. Thiel requires a lot of clean current to sing, F30 won't pass WAF, not sure if Merlin will do HT well? Not many dealers in my area to demo. Any comments regarding the above or other suggestions would be appreciated. Please provide amp suggestions with your speaker recommendations. Will spend up to$4000 on used speakers.
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barrelchief
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Meadowlark Audio Heron-i...beautifully musical speakers will work very well in HT set up.

Check our Meadowlarkaudio.com for info on these well built (by hand)speakers. Amazingly transparent and dynamic...they truly "disappear"!

In the very near future I will be upgrading to their "Blue Heron" model.

My Heron-i were $5500 new. If you are interested in this model, I would be willing to work a sale in your price range when I make the move to the new model.

If you have the opportunity, I recommend finding a Meadowlark dealer for an audition. Meadowlark's speakers are a fantastic value and performer.
barrelchief
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I was in the same boat as you...no Meadowlark dealer here. I actually flew to NYC (because of Meadowlark's reputation) to seek out the perfect loudspeaker for me.

I compared the Meadowlark's to Revel's F-30 ($3500) and their models that were near $5000 and $7500 (at the time.)

The F-30 (which was brand new at the time) lacked so much in comparison to the Meadowlark's performance that I instantly ruled them out of the relm of options.

The more expemnsive Revels sounded good but did not reproduce the same natural mids and bass extension as the Meadowlarks.

The realism in the separation between the musical instruments in Meadowlark is incredibly life like and they truly "diappear."

The model that I have also has adjustments for better integration with different size rooms.

Even if you do not buy this brand, ck out the web site. I have yet to find music lovers as dedicated to quality and amazing engineering...all crossover components are completely isolated from other speaker components so that they are not affected by any resonnance...Check'm out!!!

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