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Need suggestions for new speakers under $5K

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about building a second system in my living room. The room is much bigger than my tiny bedroom (please look at my system) and I'm very open to advices. It's about 12' x 18' with a large opening to the dining room.

The speakers will be hooked up to McIntosh MC7300 power amp (300Wpc) and the MCD7008 CD player. I've decided to use my C40 pre amp as an integrated amp for my bedroom, which I found out works really well.

I mostly listen to classical music and a lot of jazz at very loud levels, but also listen to every other genre including metal, rap, pop, but excluding country (no offense). I'm not looking for the most "accurate" pair of speakers, but a pair that's very "enjoyable" and "musical". It needs to be really full range, at least giving me a clean, loud 30Hz drum thwack. I don't plan on adding a subwoofer to the system. My budget is $5K new or used, but would prefer to spend less if possible.

I'd appreciate any recommendations and suggestions,

Thanks,

Seong
spacekadet

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pardales
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I strongly recommend that Vonschweikert VR4-JR. I have the Macintosh MA 6900 integrated amp. These speakers are the most enjoyable ones I have ever owned. They retail for 4K. Great synergy with my MAC gear. See my system which is almost all MAC.

Email me if you want to talk further about the VR4-JR's or check out the couple of threads in this section where people are talking about them. I too listen to a lot of Jazz music (loud). Good Luck,
pardales
652 posts
 
Spacekadet: You want to "enjoy the music" and you want the speakers to be "accurate". These are highly subjective terms that are difficult to pin down when giving recommendations. I am sure everyone who has recommended a speaker to you, including myself, believes the speakers they recommended would be enjoyable, maybe accurate as well. I am sure some speakers out there are more accurate than others, but that begs the question: accurate according to what? Wouldn't an accurate system (speakers included) reveal the mistakes that the recording engineers made? Just some thoughts to consider.
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