Since you are on a budget (as are we all to some degree) I would suggest you narrow your speaker options down to high efficiency speakers, ie 95db or more. The reason being that you can cut costs by buying a lower power or perhaps integrated tube amplifier, of which there are many fine products for low $$, and spend more of the speaker itself.
The most important component to your high end sound system is the speaker so this is where you want to concentrate most of your cash outlay.
I agree with some of the other posters that the Maggies are a great value but you need brutal amounts of power to make them sing and lower efficiency speakers seem to require better and more expensive cabling.
That would be my approach.
The most important component to your high end sound system is the speaker so this is where you want to concentrate most of your cash outlay.
I agree with some of the other posters that the Maggies are a great value but you need brutal amounts of power to make them sing and lower efficiency speakers seem to require better and more expensive cabling.
That would be my approach.