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What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price?

Assuming cost no object, equipment matching no issue, wife no opinion, what are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna own and what is (are) your current speaker(s)?

Don’t worry about being the best ... nor most expensive ... they could be something you’ve never tried yet, and you feel intensely curious about...

(if you feel you already own your dream speakers, just state so, for our education?)

My top 3 (in any order)
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YG Exquisite Extreme Grand limited
Wilson Audio WAMM Master Chronosonic
YG Sonja XV


What I have now (in any order)
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Kharma CRM 3.2 FE
Wilson 3/2
Western Electric 10D (odd isn’t it?)



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fleschler
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After extended hearing them with my wife, she (and I and almost all critics who heard them) opt for the von Schweikert Ultra 11s.  Music at its most captivating in all respects (with classical, jazz and rock of our choice).  

I cannot accommodate those speakers in my new, smaller listening room so I may have to go with their VR55Aktives or Lumenwhite Kyaras.  

I prefer higher efficiency speakers.  I don't like Magicos, Wilsons, B&Ws, etc.  I do like Tannoy's big speakers.  

Those are my sonic preferences, but the Von Schweikert had seemingly no sonic signature on the music.
fleschler
1,935 posts
 
Magicos, Wilsons, YGs suck up power but don't sound as musically interesting as even cheap Maggies.  I like Maggies too but I'm drawn to more conventional dynamic speakers that have dynamics more like horns and resolution more like electrostats.  I had Acoustat 2&2s in between Acoustat Xs and ML Monolith IIIs.  I never had sufficient power for them (except for the Xs which were considered coffins by my late wife and were vertically sound challenged).  The 2&2s were the friendliest of the bunch.  What I long for are big Von Schweikert speakers.  My SOTA was a $1.5 million system with the Ultra 11s but my new music room can only accommodate the VR-55s. 
fleschler
1,935 posts
 
Tidal's Vimberg Tonda speakers at $38K are a lower cost version of Tidal speakers with limited superlative reviews (one who bought a pair).
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