I have no listening experience with Rockport so comments are confined to Legacy and Focal...
+1 for ebm’s comment on ears and wallet being the determining factor however please also note your musical preferences will drive speaker selection. For example, if you go in pipe organ, taiko drumming, hard rock, progressive rock, anything with deep synthesizer bass (rock*, electro/dance, techno, new age, etc...), then the Aeris is the clear choice; owning them for 2 years now and the model prior (Focus SE), I can tell you the bass punches, deep (16Hz -2db truly), fast, musical and hyper-accurate. There is "NO" comparison between the two. Mids and highs on the Aeris are also rich, accurate, lush, musical, imaged extremely well, 3D soundstage, etc....the Wavelet processor now available does wonders for conquering your room. The sweet spot is huge and ’around the house listening" does not make you sacrifice anything in terms on tonal correctness, etc... Also, unlike others, including the Focal’s I’ve heard and thought about buying over the years, I’ve never gotten ear fatigue. I’m not slamming one brand over the other just to clear; everyone’s ears are different. If you had to take a chance, grab a plane or car to drive to take a listen, I’d say you are down to 2 (and probably 3 with the Rockport) great choices. Don’t know where you live but if you are within striking distance of Greenville SC, you are welcome to have a listen to Aeris (see my v-system page for details).
FYI...both the LAMMs and the AVM SA8.2 (thought about buying one, wound up with an Esoteric A-02 that popped up, also a great choice) are great choices for the Legacy based upon first-hand listening....
+1 for ebm’s comment on ears and wallet being the determining factor however please also note your musical preferences will drive speaker selection. For example, if you go in pipe organ, taiko drumming, hard rock, progressive rock, anything with deep synthesizer bass (rock*, electro/dance, techno, new age, etc...), then the Aeris is the clear choice; owning them for 2 years now and the model prior (Focus SE), I can tell you the bass punches, deep (16Hz -2db truly), fast, musical and hyper-accurate. There is "NO" comparison between the two. Mids and highs on the Aeris are also rich, accurate, lush, musical, imaged extremely well, 3D soundstage, etc....the Wavelet processor now available does wonders for conquering your room. The sweet spot is huge and ’around the house listening" does not make you sacrifice anything in terms on tonal correctness, etc... Also, unlike others, including the Focal’s I’ve heard and thought about buying over the years, I’ve never gotten ear fatigue. I’m not slamming one brand over the other just to clear; everyone’s ears are different. If you had to take a chance, grab a plane or car to drive to take a listen, I’d say you are down to 2 (and probably 3 with the Rockport) great choices. Don’t know where you live but if you are within striking distance of Greenville SC, you are welcome to have a listen to Aeris (see my v-system page for details).
FYI...both the LAMMs and the AVM SA8.2 (thought about buying one, wound up with an Esoteric A-02 that popped up, also a great choice) are great choices for the Legacy based upon first-hand listening....