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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

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davetheoilguy
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Have you run REW software on your room?  It’s free (although you need to buy a microphone off Amazon for cheap).

It will tell you a lot about your room and where you can spend money the most effectively.

hardest part is looking at the curve and going “”OK what now”?!  But there are 10,000 smart guys on the internet (and 29,000 really stupid ones) to help figure that it.

 

it will save you a lot of time, money, and false starts.

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