Real world Loudspeakers what does very good cost ?


Having had many great speakers in the past ,but now semi retired what is the average price to get a quality speaker it seems around $15- $20k+. Is getting to be the norm , Wilson Sabrina x $20 k , Magic A3-$15 k , Marten Oscar trio $13 k

b&w 804 $15 k .I was maybe thinking , availability is now a very real problem also.I am a big MBL fan their entry level stand mount 126 ,is a true Best Buy ,it has the sameOmni directional Tweeter and Midrange , that are out of the reflections of a box , and dual apposing bass drivers ,that being said a pair ofsubs like theSVS 4000 SB brings this price to around $20 k . It’s becoming very expensive to have real refinedLoudspeakers , having had  to rebuild Xovers in most Loudspeakers for their lack of parts quality ,it seems integrity is no longer the norm it’s more on profit .  Please do offer your Loudspeaker options and how much more is truly needed to get a truly resolving speaker without taking out a mortgage.

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I have had single driver speakers with subs , Tannoy the only ones I liked were there top 2 Canterbury or Westminster ,

active speakers  the amplification too low quality not in the league of. Quality separate amps for example PassLabs , Ayre, Coda Gryphon ,

this is why  i guess I have to try audioning speakers to my electronics 

which too I am looking to purchase . Having owned a Audiostore fir almost 10 years 

on average onky 25% of the purchase onky goes into the speaker ,including packaging ,the rest R&D marketing and markup, value  I recently heard  the Marten Oscar trio for $13 k a very nicely balanced Loudspeakers , I like the MBZl 126 monitors which require subs for the bottom end are very good buyt 3-6 month waiting list ,and prepay up front I would never do that, not very sound , many Audiostores willnot let you demo speakers at your home ,brick and mortar stores are few and far between . If you want to spend over $20 k+ it’s much easier to find 

your optimum speaker for the Xovers as well as drivers and cabinets are far more 

engineered to a higher standard, that’s why I mentioned $20k 

@curtdr It's ironic that I thought your sentences were confusing and with bad grammar but I am not an English professor and I am ESL as well so I wouldn't know.

I pasted my rambling into Word 365 and it corrected nothing. So besides the Lintons we disagree on this too.  

I am glad we agree on the rest.

sentence fragment:  "Like just to put the words in the right order so that it resembles English?"

sentence fragment:  "Or with bad grammar but making some sense."

jumble, mix of sentence fragment and comma splice:  "Or am I missing something, this is how audiophiles talk?"

I know what I wrote was fragmented, thank you, regardless.

Still, I am missing your point.  (If you were missing my point, I’d be happy to reword it.)

Regarding my English, feel free to lecture me, you will find lots of issues with my grammar.


Whenever I post a question though, I do my best to not confuse the community.

I personally think start with an efficient speaker. This gives you much more flexibility with amps at least.

Volti, Fleetwood are a couple good examples. Used is rare. Both are made in USA. Others DeVore, Charney are excellent as well. These all in your range, new. I have seen some DeVore used, not often.

These would sound great with a 3 watt tube amp. Luxman, Pass, Ayre, sugden all make nice solid state amps. You would not have to search around for 200W plus amps. Not saying those systems wouldn’t sound Have fun.