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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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lhasaguy
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Listen to Maggies if you get a chance.  With sufficient power they are amazing.  Planars are different from box speakers.  Your ears will tell you if they are for you.  I love Eva Cassidy and they make her sound like ahe is in the room, ainging.

ronboco
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@onehorsepony 

Stretch for Rockport speakers. Check the forums and reviews. Universally praised. End game speakers. Good luck ! 

vinylshadow
531 posts
 

Fischer & Fischer. The only speaker as good is Rockport. But those are 3x more expensive. 

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mbmi
615 posts
 

KLH Model 5's.....Hard to beat.

kingbr
383 posts
 

I went from B&W to Dynaudio and loved the decision. Back in the day (2000) Dynaudio was my Holy Grail. Instantly fixed the fatigue I got from B&W. Nowadays I have found Dynaudio has shifted towards a more forward sound, not bright but more forward than previous lines (this was with the Excite line). I think Evoke has been a step back in the right direction. Have never heard Contour or Confidence. 
 

Revel and Sonus Faber I would also highly recommend. I have been truly awestruck with the Revel Be line…

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