Started with $1k speakers … what now?


I got into this hobby during Covid, browsing YouTube reviews my first speakers were Polk L100s and Sonus Faber Lumina 1s. Not bad as an entry point, but wondering what would be the next level is where a speaker is built with fewer compromises in the drivers and crossover design.  My hope was that in the $5k range truer “hifi” entry points may be found in a small room system with a REL t5x. My source and amplification is already in the $5k range. 
 

I visited a hifi store recently but was overwhelmed by the amount of choice and unsure what would be an upgrade based on first listening impressions alone. 
 

Thanks in advance for any insights.

jdavis234

Showing 1 response by audioman58

Having owned a Audio store and modding Loudspeaker Xovers for over 20 years 

sadly even at $10k Xovers are average at best , why because of $$ 

less then 50% of the cost goes into the speaker ,R&D overhead and markup 

including all packaging on a $5k speaker maybe $2300 actuall6 goes into a completed speaker ,this is correct .