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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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blackbag20
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@triton20trx appreciate your input on Totem ... always been enamored with that group!

refast
22 posts
 

get some room corrected actively driven speakers like Genelec SAMs and be done, forever.  hear what the recoding engineer heard!

moto_man
396 posts
 

A little higher than you are looking to spend, but consider the Wilson Audio Sasha DAW.  Good prices on the used market and a truly excellent and versatile speaker.  I have the Sabrina X’s, which are fantastic for my small 11.5x11.5x11 music room.  If my room was bigger, I would definitely have gone for the Sasha DAW.

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ganach
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I recently switched to a PureAudioProject Trio.  Still have Thiels and Ohm Walsh 5s, but the open baffle deployment of the PAP Trio does so much so well.  You do need to keep them a few feet out from the wall though.

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likecap
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Nothing holds its value better than B&W. I had several pairs over the last 50 years but eventually ended up with Kharma. I bought the Kharma Grand Ceramique and have kept them for the last 15 years. Wonderful full range speakers. They were the top of the line. There happens to be a pair recently listed. I only remember one pair for sale before. Highly recommended.

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