Best bargain for speaker that can offer top sound

Unsound

Ya...I agree. The "best bargain" part for sure. He did say "for less money than today's top models prices"...I ran with that part.

Best bargain only...I'd have went with the Maggie MMG's...around $350 used.

Dave

For classical music: BW 801 S3, for example.

I have a pair of Polk SDA IIs that I have enjoyed since the '80s. Good imaging, soundstage, transparency and bass response. As I've made upgrades to the system over the years, these speakers seem to have "stepped up" at each step along the way to let me hear the improvements.

I have been comparing my JBL L150A's and Bose 901 series 6's and the Bose sounds best to me.....I'm shocked!.... The JBL's was the best that I had ever heard! Long live the new king!

Some may scoff, but my NHT SuperTwos have more than held their own among Spendors, Maggies, B&Ws, PSBs and others costing quite a bit more. They've been out of production for a number of years, but each time I try to find a clearly superior speaker for a reasonable price, I find I can't do it (of course, I haven't tried EVERYthing). The SuperTwos do so many things well--including all the things you mentioned--and so few things, if any, poorly that they have stood the test of time extremely well. Just my opinion.
-Bob