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Bang for the buck

Hi all, I'm looking to get some feedback on great value/sound used speakers for a 14x11.5' room in an apartment. Are there any suggestions from audiosciencereview or your own experience that mate great sound with excellent value on the used market? I recently found a pair of Salk speakers at a good price, but their frequency response is the only measurement graph I can find. Plus, I wonder if a large part of that speaker price is due to the cost of the cabinet and its elaborate finish. I'm looking to put my money towards the music more than the cabinet jewelry finishes. (I'm on a budget <$2k). Thanks for any recommendations 

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tony1954
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@labguy 

I don't want to speak for all members, but many believe that judging audio equipment predominantly based on measurement results is a flawed process.

Measurements are critical when considering a piece of equipment, but they believe that actually listening to a component should be the principle method of assessing its attributes. 

You judge food by tasting it, so it makes sense to listen to audio equipment.

 

mofojo
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You didn’t mention what your front end is? Tubes, ss, receiver? Makes a huge difference on your pic. 

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labguy OP
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Solid state front end. May upgrade to a better integrated but plan to stay solid state.

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baylinor
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Audioscience review!!

You are on the wrong site buddy lol

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baylinor
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At times I try to read what they have to say about a product and each time I feel like the oldest person on the site is under 20. Meaning they got the world figured out by numbers but in no way have yet to experience any of it in real life. I'm done with that scholar view of audio. It has nothing to do with our ears and the environment we use to listen to music. A lot of talk to say nothing imo.

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