Time to move UP, speaker-wise...

My vandersteen 2ci’s dropped dead after a couple decades of sweet service. Over the past year, I’ve had mixed success with a pair of reference premier Klipsch speakers, but now I’m wanting something a far more subtle, perhaps a touch more sweet, and definitely able to reveal more sound-field information. Perhaps I’m being redundant... I’ve been intrigued by the open baffle concept and I’ve read some reviews on Spatial Audio products as well as Tekton’s open baffle offering. There are fans of the spatial, and then I discovered there are people that are blown away by the Tekton open baffle design. Tekton is also running a special on the Electron SE @$3000, which I feel inclined to try... Another area of interest is the Ohm speaker lineup... can any of you speak to them, and particularly how they compare to Klipsch Heritage speakers, or open baffle designs, or Tekton's...?

I have to say, I’m die-hard for the musical information, for the layers of musical fabric. Wolf_garcia claims the heresy III is the best $1500 he ever spent, in a discussion addressing open-baffle designs, among others, and so I’m wondering where to put my bills... What should I check out? It’s time to move up. I’m thinking $3300 is about my limit... I’m running 80 watts per channel from the nuforce sta200, a schitt saga pre, Cambridge transport.

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joshelston Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 53 posts 12-20-2019 at 10:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete +1 for listening with your own ears. For your researching consider ATC. I have the SCM 11 v2 from Music Direct. I think I paid around $2000 or so. The SCM 19 are higher up the chain. Used they should be your price range. Two comments made in your orig post that drove me to this recommendation- your nuforce digital amp and sound field detail. On the first point, I have a Wyred 4 Sound digital power driving my ATCs and have really enjoyed the combo. Second, ATCs are known for the characteristics you’re describing. Reading reviews, you’ll notice those words you used in your post used in the reviews. Happy hunting!