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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.
larrybou

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schubert
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Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
schubert
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Silverline and Totem are 2 brands you can listen to 24/7.
B&W , to my ears, are torture machines.
schubert
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Tip, Listen to the human voice talking,not singing, on a speaker.
On a good one the human voice will not have the hard edge we are so used to on speakers. It will sound soft, almost muted which is how it sounds in real life.

Then listen to a SOLO violin to make sure that sounds real.
Silverlines do this to a T .
Ohms may well do this as well, but so long since I heard one I don't trust my memory.
schubert
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Listerner fatigue primarily comes from clipping amps, which 3 out of 4 "piles are running whether they believe it or not, and you brain saying
"enough already" I 'm wasted from converting all these 1's into sine waves for hour after hour.
schubert
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Larrybou, did they make Diana able to keep time? LOL
schubert
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Piano OK, voice and beat never meet.
schubert
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Larrybou, easy solution, stop listening to rock and concentrate on Bach.
Better for you mind, body and soul.
schubert
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Since I have no idea who Devo is , beats me.
But Bach is beyond any time .
schubert
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Brownsfan is 99.999 % correct.
My only caveat might be that in the way humans are socialized, most of us are actually a product of our grandmothers time.A rare truly talented human can be in the present time.

There are perhaps 10 artists in Western History that transcended time. The Germans think Bach is the greatest artist, in any field, that ever lived.
Though when they get things wrong they get them really wrong, when they get things right, they get them really, really right.
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