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?

onehorsepony05-19-2025 12:28am

laoman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 495 posts 06-07-2025 at 12:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Another vote for Fischer and Fischer.
kennyc Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,919 posts 06-10-2025 at 11:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @onehorsepony - there are a lot of great choices with your 20k budget. It’s best to demo yourself at audio stores and shows to find the speakers that resonate subjectively with you. Devore Orangutan O/96 and Fleetwood Deville are highly musical usually paired with tube amplification.
2psyop Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,837 posts 06-11-2025 at 10:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete +5 kennyc first recommendation. This should be your 2nd step after you first make a short list.
gano Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 609 posts 06-11-2025 at 02:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete you should by X. I did and I am happy
foggyus91 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 117 posts 06-11-2025 at 02:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Audition them and you decide. Love when people post YouTube videos of audio equipment. John Darko hit the nail on the head. https://darko.audio/2025/06/12-examples-of-wishful-thinking-in-the-hi-fi-community/