Speaker List narrowed down…

aj523

I heard them at Upscale in L.A. while on a business trip, I was there to listen to the Vintage 10s....they were driven with Manley electronics, not sure which one but I think it had EL84s.

I fell in love with the Vintage 10s, and decided they would be in my future short list if I could afford them. I asked if I could hear the 1.8s; but they had different electronics Primaluna EVOs, they too were excellent even though I didn't spend much time with them. I had already fallen for the Vintages

So my current short list for speakers is: Fyne Vintage 10s or 12s (though they just releases Classic Gold line), Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphene, Volti Lucera or Rival, Revel Salon 2)....and probably a couple of others I can't think of at this second.

@grislybutter - apparently so :)

@aj523 - I’m not shaming anyone here, your doing that all by yourself.  More power to you that you can spend $25K on speakers, I think that’s great.  Likewise, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what I said either.  I’ve been in this hobby for over 40 years and sold audio at retail for a few years about 30 years ago.  There’s definitely a point of diminishing returns in this hobby if that’s of any importance here.  
 

For example, I have put together systems under $5K that hold their own with systems cost 5X more and are nearly just as good, and are the 20K speakers really that much better than the $10K ones?  I’ll bow out now.  Have fun, Enjoy the process, and I hope you find exactly what you are looking for.

@aj523 

What speakers did you end up with? I highly recommend anything Reynaud. I am about to purchase my 3rd set! 

@jc51373 

Sorry to disappoint. I went with the Fyne Audio F1-8s. The sound was very holographic especially with female vocals while the size and asthetics are perfect.