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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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inna
7,137 posts
 
My Gryphon Kodo will blow all the others away, literally, including MBLs.
I am glad one more poster mentioned Kharma Exquisite. This would in fact be my normal choice. With Studer deck and Lamm power amps this should do it.
inna
7,137 posts
 
One pair for each listening room.
1. JM Labs Grand Utopia
2. Kharma Exquisite
3. Gryphon Audio Kodo.
If choosing one..hmm..Gryphon.
inna
7,137 posts
 
But biggest MBLs with Wavac amps would be sound from hell too.
inna
7,137 posts
 
Frankly, however, I would not buy any of those. This is all utopia, there are no realistically sounding speakers. There are many problems in the way of achieving it and the first one is signal conversion. We hear electricity imitating reality, sometimes pretty good. But it's imitation, it's not a reality.
Save your money, get something modest and decent for $25k-$50k depending on room size and music preferences and call it a day.
There are better ways of wasting financial resources. 
inna
7,137 posts
 
How is discontinued Gryphon Atlantis ? There is a demo pair from the UK for $17k plus $1k shipping on ebay. Any takers ? Can't do it myself, I am about $15k short on funds at the moment.
inna
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Sure is. But $4-$5 for a cup of good coffee in NYC is what ? Do the math, if you want to drink it five times a week. And those $100 per month cable bills along with over $100 phone bills.
Compared to many things excellent audio system while expensive is not too bad. For my place this would be $25k speakers new and if I decided to go with used for the same amount, well, I would figure it out. You don't want to overwhelm your room, that's for sure.
inna
7,137 posts
 
I don't mind dreaming unless it gets out of control and overtakes everything.
inna
7,137 posts
 
Exactly. It's a bloody expensive coffee. And that's only one cup a day.
Just couple of weeks ago I had to buy two new Maxell Vertex blank cassette tapes for my Nakamichi, $129 each. Now that's expensive, but there is no substitute. I'll save a lot by not getting $5 coffee and $20 lunches. 
One reason, not the most important one though, why I want to switch to open reel deck - reels are less expensive.
inna
7,137 posts
 
Thank you but no, this doesn't look like audiophile speakers. You may fly out of your pants when fire them up but that is irrelevant. Still, would be interesting to audition them, no need for 2" tape, though, 1/4 inch tape would be enough or even humble record.
inna
7,137 posts
 
Did youtube listening to the Concerto. I can hear excellent flow coherence and pace. Worth auditioning, no doubt. I would need analog source and more powerful amp to push them a little.
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