What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase?


I'm looking for a high performance all around musical speaker. My previous speakers are:

Bose 501 - I was young and they served a purpose

Infinity SM150 - terrible from the start

Boston Acoustics T1000 - actually a nice all around speaker

Polk SDA-SRS1tl - loved the full sound, not accurate at all

Thiel 2.3 - Very dry sounding

B&W N802 - perhaps my favorite, but needed to be played loud

Thiel 3.7 - I think Jim's cancer affected his hearing

B&W 802D - 1st gen, still have.....please stop my ears from bleeding

 

What do you suggest?

 

 

onehorsepony

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The contrarian move is Yamaha NS-5000 for $15K. 

It is a synergy of resources from the world's largest producer of musical instruments with a world famous motor sports business.

Add a zero to the price and the single material driver technology will not be matched. Cabinets are sustainable plywood from their wood instrument business  with a gloss finish from their grand piano business. 

Not the most exotic or luxurious. Not huge. They are a global model for living spaces that a woman will buy. My wife bought ours.