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Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers?

Curious if there are any used or new (less likely) speakers out there that rival flagship speakers like Focal Grande Utopia, Rockport Lyra, Marten Coltrane Supreme 2, Magico M6, Raidho TD 4.2 or D4.8 etc?

I'll throw out a contender. If you look on ebay and the used market you can sometimes find a Von Schwekert VR 10 for around $18k CAD and from what I heard it can rival many TOTL speakers like the Grande Utopia. Do you guys have any thoughts?
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arty_vandelay
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For a full range speaker it's difficult to go past B&W 800D3. 
arty_vandelay
28 posts
 
The Persona 7H / 9H midband is excellent. Tonally more forward than B&W 800 / 802D3 in a side-by-side compare, but I would judge different rather than better, but dependent on genre of music. The big B&W's excel in casting a larger soundstage, and a bit more warmth and bottom end. 

  
arty_vandelay
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The NS5000's are very nice. Very extended sweet treble and easy on the ear. Also, excellent transparency and micro dynamics. In one word, "refined". 

However, to my ears they slightly lack the macro dynamics of some of the competition at that price point, so there's not quite as much excitement factor.   
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