Speaker Recommendation up to 70k


I have purchased SOTA swiss front end which I can't disclose. They are solid state. 
Got room treated , cables sorted , power supply regulated, a comfy couch and books to read for years. 

Now I need a pair of beautiful and lively speakers to get me up and dancing when the track calls for it. A SOTA speaker that is worthy of keeping for years. Room size is 25 sqm/ 269 sqft. 

Final contenders: 
- Zellaton 
- Stenhiem 
- Tidal- Marten- Wilson 
- Borresen

I don't need (you need to listen and decide) suggestions, I can't travel and we got no dealers with demos. So I'll have to rely on users honest opinions about each brand above and are they worthy of the cost. 

No electrostatics and no horns please. Appreciate if you know how to get the most benefit at the upper botique level of speakers. Some might look fabulous and sound meh. 

Let's discuss. 
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Showing 1 response by verdantaudio

Depends on what you are looking for in terms of sound profile.  My preferences in this price range are:

Vivid Giya G2s.  Amazing speaker that sounds BIG.  These are transmission line speakers where all of the drivers are made from the same material.  Incredible similarly of tone and not metallic sounding despite the metal drivers.  Vivid has a somewhat brighter tonal profile and is best paired with neutral to slightly warm amplification. 

Wilson Benesch Resolutions - I have a customer who has these.  They are phenomenal speakers.  Incredible coherence in terms of timing.  Amazing accuracy and a monstrous soundstage.  He stepped up from Harbeth 40.2s to these and said they are better in every way except bass is less pronounced.  WB is neutral and needs neutral to slightly bright amplification

Raidho TD 3.2s I think will come in at that price point.  One of the historic critcisms of Raidhos (and now Borresons) is that they are hard to place.   And they take 500 hours to break in.  Since Michael left, Benno has worked to make the speakers easier to live with.  They are brilliant and deliver an immersive listening experience rather than the sound being presented to you.  They do tend to be neutral to a hair warm of neutral.  

Your list above has speakers with wildly different sound profiles.  I can only say I would never use the same amplification for Stenheim and Marten for example.  

Without a description of the soundprofile of the gear, at least warm vs neutral vs. forward, it is tough to make a tight suggestion or warn you off of any products.