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Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers?

I've been auditioning speakers in the $5k to $8k range. I liked some of the Dynaudio, Sonus Faber, and even B&Ws in that range. Maybe it was the setup but in the back of my mind thought all of these could sound exciting but also fatiguing long term. And I'd hate to spend that kind of doe with that being the case.

I'm looking to use a solid state Cary amp and the tubed Cary SLP 05 pre for electronics FWIW.

From other threads I'm hearing Proacs Joseph Audio Aerials Harbeth and others may fit the bill. What are your favorite speakers for musicality and lack of listening fatigue? I'll be traveling to the next state to audition more next week.
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bifwynne
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A while back, a member posted a comment that the human ear has some type of autoprotect response to high SPLs. This has happened to me when I play highly compressed rock music at very loud levels for an extended period of time. It takes a couple of hours for my ears to "thaw out" for lack of a better phrase. Obviously my comment goes more to the issue of playing music at excessively high SPLs than to system distortion.

Sorry to insert myself into this discussion. Goeff may be onto something by his last comment. Does that means I'm NOT telling him that he's the only one who hears this distortion? I'm just not sure of what type of distortion I'm NOT telling him that he's hearing. :) LOL

Wolf ... come on man ... help me out here.

Clever pun Judy.
bifwynne
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@Bondman ... I agree with you.

It's a present concern and has been for some time. Right now I'm listening to a classical Wagner LP with my handy Radio Shack SPL meter next to me.

Classical is not as bad as rock, but even some classical selections can have a dynamic range of 30 to 40 db, peaking at 95+ db on transients. Rock music, which is more often dynamically compressed, is easier to regulate ... but I do miss listening at 90+ db. So I've settled for low/mid 80 db levels and try to mix it up with classical.

Long answer for ... I agree with you.
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