Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget

@texasblues1959 tell that to the people who already lost their jobs, businesses. . But sure, "don't look up" - pretend that it's not happening and getting worse every day

It will wildly depend on where you, with the tariffs now, to maximize your investment. 

Start here: decide if you want highly sensitive speakers and tube gear or the opposite or where you want to be in between. 

Best bang for the buck in general are bigger companies with a lot of sales or DIY or companies very wisely optimized. Good sound does not have to costs 10s of 1000s

Sonus Faber,Wharfedale are good value. KEF, Polk, PSB, Revel, Paradigm, Mission too. Way too many choices.

@texasblues1959 I am the least worried about tariffs affecting audio. I am devastated by the juvenile and dumb tariff games that killed millions of jobs already and wiped out trillions of dollars of people’s savings. You must be in the small minority living under a rock, unaffected by tariffs.

I wish it were so simple  texasblues1959

I am an optimist, I walk across the desert and the mountains to see a sliver of light for optimism. If there is any.

 GoldenEar Triton us a good suggestion

KLH Model 5! I heard so many good things too :)

Will they do a good job on classic rock on occasion?

When you have "next level" speakers, they will do a good job with everything. It's kind of like asking Elvis: "but can you do Old MacDonald?"

you keep asking if a speaker will do x and y well and we keep telling you a good speaker will do x y and z. I lost track of your swinging from one brand to another, with very different sizes, sounds and sensitivities.

(Good) speakers (good meaning neutral) have two main characteristics: playing at various frequencies and distinguishing details. Everything is a combination of these two qualities. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want details. But let’s say you listen to Les Preludes vs.   Aerosmith. You will get very tired quickly when you listen to Liszt on cheap speakers. You will want very sophisticated sound. The point is: do you want speakers that do complex music well or you want a compromise? Your choices and trade-offs are: number of drivers size, driver size, tweeter quality, frequency range, sensitivity, power handling and PRICE. I would decide the type of speaker that works well in your room and then look for one in your price range. 

The easiest first step is: do you want bass and how much and are you interested in a sub or subs. It will eliminate a lot of speakers with smaller drivers/woofers.

again KLH is value on steroids

I can’t keep track ot the many speaker suggestions

the tracking algorithm broke :)

have you tried this?

@knownothing I feel like something has to change. You can't buy stuff blindly (deafly). Ordering gear I only read about, sending it back, having 50 pound boxes travel 1000s of miles so that I can figure out if I like it seems inefficient. Showrooms are not just for dealers but also for the audio companies to show off. I know they don't invest in the dealers, other than letting them profit but I also understand how dealers don't want you to test equipment without the intention of buying from them. 

This impedes and hurts everyone's interest. 

heard those,only on you tube

any speaker manufacturer would love to hear that :) 

sorry I couldn't resist