Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice

lol

wilsons would be among the last speakers i would consider to be in the category of ’likely to please in most circumstances’ -- they can be truly abrasive and unlistenable despite their owners spending gobs of $$$$

for all around capability i confidently recommend floor standers from proac or vandersteen as being safe bets to please pretty much universally, within any reasonable price range, up to nose bleed price levels (this doesn't mean other brands will not...)

i am leaving out panel speakers, which to my ear can be even better, but they require more of the user and the room setup to do their magic

@mesch

When I first saw the title of this thread Fritz came to mind. Then I saw the budget, which is closer to my total system cost including Fritz speakers.

happy new year bud!

you raise a good point as the op was interesting in that it gives parameters for price of speakers and amp power but nothing about the room

i agree that fritz’s are very nice sounding, but do best in smaller to medium sized rooms...and certainly don't need 125 wpc of amp power to shine...

and it sure seems every $20,000 speaker has now been mentioned...curious what the OP has learned...

he he this may just be a giant circle jerk