The search among the great ones - 20k+ speakers

Also, your room and set-up restrictions will have as much to do with choosing a speaker as you will. There is nothing wrong with your question, but with the limited information offered, members can’t really advise you so much as offer you their personal experiences.

Sorry to sound like a jerk...

Then why sound like one?

"The only thing I have now, that I want to build a system from, is a Modwright Transporter.”

Are you planning to buy the rest of your system piecemeal (speakers first) or as a complete system? Do you have a preference for amplifier type/power?

"It's people like you that keep Von Schweikert in business.”

Why me? I never bought anything from Von Schweikert.

"Go give a colonoscopy Phaelon.”

I’m sure that’s funny, but I don’t get it.

"As soon as someone drops a $20k + price all of a sudden the important things don't matter and everyone chimes in trying to help this person spend money. It doesn't make sense.”

You know what? You might have a point there. It does kind of seem like that. To bad you choose to obscure your good points with pointless rants.

"heard the Focals alot I would scratch them off as well..but you should include Vivid and Raidho”

I have heard Focals and Raidho a lot and prefer Focals by quite a margin. So Melchor, where is this really getting you. There are a lot of astute folks on Audiogon who spend considerable time and effort putting together their systems. They go to the same audio shows, belong to formal and informal listening groups and yet, look at the diversity of their systems. Like Pubul57 and others here, I would like to know a lot more about your personal listening preferences. Can you appreciate the virtues of tubes? SETs? Do you prefer warm and intimate or do you want a microscope on the music. Is it more about appeasing your frontal lobe or stimulating your Amygdala. Listen to Almarg. While you don’t have to buy them together, you should at least know what kind of amplifier you eventually intend to buy.

Missioncoonery,
I think you misunderstood my point, which wasn’t to debate who was right between you and me, but to illustrate to Melchor the role of personal preferences. Also, I didn’t suggest SET amps or, for that matter, anything at all yet. I’m still just trying to get a feel for the OP.

"Can you appreciate the virtues of tubes? SETs?”

I can see how that might be taken wrong (guess I should go back to college). My intention was only to provide Melchor with examples of the type of questions he should be asking himself, and then sharing with us. My only wish is for Melchor to put together a system that suits him. Don’t we all know people who have allowed the strong assertions of “experts" to over influence them?

10-26-11: Pubul57
"For that matter...”

And that is Bingo! Well said.