Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market

Thanks you for so much feedback.

I was close to dealing for a pair of Harbeth M30.2, but had second thoughts after finding ASR’s reservations. They would likely have been a short term experience pending release of the LSA 100 Statement in January, with the intention of ordering a pair of Sonus Faber Electa Amator lll later that month.

This week I added a used REL T/9i to my system, adding the SVS SB-3000 Pro to the 7.1 system in the family room. The "new" sub seems like a breath of fresh air for the Dynaudio Special Forty’s.

So many good speakers, so little money, room, or time to own them all. I’ll vote for what I own: Vandersteen 2CE Signature IIIs, a true classic and great buy. Your spousal unit may not like the looks with the black sock, and if I replace mine I will likely get the Vandersteen Treo CT, which are gorgeous and pass the WAF (wife acceptance factor). The Treo CT is also listed by AbSound as a bargain and classic. (Of course, if I had a bottomless wallet I would ownw other brands too, in my imaginary 2nd/3rd systems!)

AbSound / 50 Greatest Bargains in High-End Audio

Reading some love here for 3-5 year old second hand, for example, as a category?

Correct!

Another +1 for Vandersteen 2Ce Sig III.

Wonderful speaker, does everything pretty well, does nothing wrong.

The Falcon Acoustics Studio 30’s might just be the biggest bargain on the market right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryqr06Eyml0&t=190s

 The all new Falcon Acoustics M50's will be coming out Soon too ! High-End will never be the same again ! 🤩