+1 Fritz
Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market
I’m asking for listeners’ experience in this bracket, buttressed by reviews and/or data; I am not a fan of "whatever sounds good to you." Ultimately, yes, that will be the case. But in getting to that point, I’m looking to benefit from the advantage of a thousand pairs of ears rather than mine alone. Those ears can include the inanimate. Thank you.
My experience has included my own Elac 403, Elac 407, and Dynaudio Special 40. Auditions have included various Sonus Faber, and Magico. All of this is in preparation for justifying the leap for an Electa Amator lll or its equivalent. But that’s for another day, another forum.
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Unless you plan to upgrade your amp... you really need to find something efficient to mate well with your PrimaLuna. If your into jazz, classical, acoustic sounds... or... even some rock... you’d be pleased with the Klipsch speakers. If rock... the Zu’s... But... if you are up for upgrading your amp to something like Hegel, you will be very pleased with Harbeth M30, or 5 SHL, or Vandeersteens. |
Good comment @bassdude Even if he stays low power, there are nice upgrades from PL. |
Though these posts usually end up as a confirmation bias for people's own purchases or wishlists, let me add my own to the mix. For some of the best monitor speakers I've ever heard, I went with GR-Research NX-Studio monitors. They have all the detail, tone and texture in music you could ever want, surprisingly play very well with whatever gear you power them with, and respond very well with placement restrictions. You could DIY a set for about $1600, or they are now offered as complete built options for $3K. Closest to them performance and sound wise is Fritz speakers, but I'd still say they're not quite on the same level to get that air and space soundstage detail that the NX-Studios do so well. Just my humble opinion. -Lloyd |
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