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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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tlinkie
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Josh358 thanks for your contributions. I see you've been posting knowledgeably about Magnepan speakers for at least a decade now! I agree that they are magnificent at what they do best.
tlinkie
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And to Nick: Room treatments can be of critical importance, but they don’t confer such bragging rights online. So we tend to hear less about them. People would much rather argue about brand names.
tlinkie
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The Japanese have never been able to make a decent speaker.


Wow, not even the TADs?
tlinkie
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Short version: Maggies need room to breathe, no matter what anyone says. High ceilings help a lot too.

The open secret is that most good speakers of any kind also profit from breathing room!
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