Speaker recommendation


I’m looking to buy a speaker in the $4000-5000 range. I was very impressed with the GoldenEar Trton 1 speaker I heard at a friend’s house, and I know the Tekton DI is very well thought of on this forum.
 I listen to mostly classical music, some Diana Krall and the like, and also big band music.
Any other suggestions?
rvpiano

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What would they be replacing?  What aspects of your current ones are you chiefly aiming to improve on?

So bass and soundstaging, right?

I think you were impressed by those powered woofers.  Personally, I believe for the classical music you listen to you need a more subtle and sophisticated speaker than GE.

Have you thought about PSB T3's?  Vandersteen?  Revel?

@rvpiano For classical music enthusiasts, I would normally recommend many British brands, like Spendor, Harbeth, PMC, Proac, etc., and some others, e.g. Vienna Acoustics, Audio Note, some older (used) Sonus Faber models.  But at your price point, I can't think of a model that excels at strong low bass.  Hence the suggestion of the T3's.  T3's are in plentiful supply; several dealers regularly discount them, and they come up on sites often, some bought and never used (still sealed).  Unlike a good deal of other brands/models, I don't think it would be difficult to find a pair.
Audio magazines and audio sites are full of glowing reviews.  Indeed, it's nigh on scandalous when the review isn't glowing.  Reading reviews and then going out to audition the components in person has demonstrated to me repeatedly that sometimes I share the same impressions as the reviewer, but rather more frequently I don't.  YMMV.

There's a brand new pair of PSB T3's on the 'gon today that I'm pretty sure you could get for 5K, but I guess that's now moot.

We all have different ears, I guess.  I auditioned the Triton 2's a while ago, against B&W 702's, and to me the B&W's sounded a lot more sophisticated and timbrally "right".

Hi again. I wasn’t recommending the B&W’s, they just happened to be the other speakers in the room with the GE’s. And yes, the GE’s would be much more authoritative in the bass. But as I said earlier, to me the viola sounded way more like a viola and an oboe way more like an oboe through the B&W’s. That being said, I’d heard before a particularly since quite a number of brands/models that I preferred quite significantly over the B&Ws, though yes, unfortunately, they do all end up being more expensive. The Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grand is a beautifully voiced speaker, but unfortunately not particularly full in the bass. The Concert Grand strangely doesn’t seem to have the same magic. And the Lizsts which are great are very expensive.