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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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For the above party. Do you own them, or have you owned them? I believe I have a rather nice system in a very good acoustic area. I listen to R&R loudly, mid- 90's spl. Have an ATI 6002 amp, Benchmark LA-4 Line amp, Meitner DAC MA-1, Project RS2T Transport, LTA linear power supply for same, SVS SB4000 sub and a pair of upgraded Tekton Double impacts. Stream qobuz also. My area is about 20x30 maybe a little more. It is like going to a rock concert, clear, dynamic, accurate music, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Fleet-wood Mac, YES, Super Tramp, etc. Sounds great to me, couldn't be happier. As to gimmers post, I think he would agree. Rock on! |
If you have a smaller sized room, check out the KEF LS50 Meta + KEF KC62 sub. I bought the LS50 Meta as a backup speaker after my old LS50 got damaged. The plan was to buy the $10K USD Yamaha NS3000 monitor from Canada. It is very much like the NS5000 that is sold in the USA, but for smaller rooms. However, after hearing the KEF pairing, I realized the money for the NS3000 was better kept in my pocket. |
Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G. Stereophile didn’t put them in ’Class A’ for nothing. Amazingly clean, effortless sounding great soundstage. Dual-8s with dual ports mean more than adequate and room-tunable bass. For smaller rooms or placement nearer walls, the Silver 300 7G is the same midrange and tweeter with dual-6s and offers the same amazing midrange/treble clarity with bass to the low-mid 40s. My personal daily listen. FWIW, I also have a pair of LS-50s and Maggie LRS, with a subwoofer available, both speakers I admire greatly, but neither worked well in my living room (too big for the near-field LS-50s, couldn’t place the Maggies properly). There’s no shortage of excellent speakers in this price range, but I now have no desire to change. Since the MAs might leave you with a bit of a budget cushion, I would strongly urge you to consider some room treatment panels. I've found Acoustimac https://www.acoustimac.com/ great to deal with - flexible in their offerings, affordable and quick delivery. You'll be amazed at the results, and their fabric and design options make achieving a high SAF entirely possible. |
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