speaker upgrade fever

also ruling out a speaker without a discussion of system and room context is IMO close to worthless….

for example my comments about the KEF R1 were in a reasonable sized room w a lot of bric a brac diffusion… a very well sorted high quality SWARM and a chain : SOTA > Jelco > Dyna XV-1S > Cary top of line tube phono > Herron line stage and monoblocks… the Digital side 100 % Rockna….

a major dude music lover…. he did trade the for a Gershman..

maybe he will weigh in here…

my TAD on factory stands take up a larger footprint than the svelte floor standers they replaced…. some thinking and measuring might be in order before w wholesale rule out…. ymmv

enjoy the search

note i’m not recommending what i own…. but then… 

The Treo are easy to setup. Wringing the last bit out of most speakers rewards attention to detail. Leica or Bosch laser are essential tools in the kit.

Have fun. Enjoy the music.

I’ve a fair bit of seat time setting up two systems now with Mimas ( which is like all Jim White designs ) a very robust but neutral product …it is not bright. Both systems used the Treo CT which has a fantastic tweeter - reasonably flat to 30 khz. For your budget used you can get Quattro CT w built in subs, 11 bands of EQ below 120 hz … and a glorius midrange… you will need to have Aesthetix or your tech high pass tge Mimas. I’m a fan of the KEF also…  they have great engineers with ears also