The most tower like stand mount under $4k
The title says it all. What's the most "tower like" (i.e. accurate, musical, full sounding, not overly revealing or clinical) standmount speakers you've ever heard new or used around $3000(ish) ?
Also, what speaker (tower or standmount) are screaming deals of value and quality at or under this price?
I want to get quality but only up to the point of diminishing returns. I'm looking to equally spread the quality across integrated, speakers, and dac.
Just looking for the group to brainstorm suggestions for me. There are next to nothing in the way of brick and mortar hifi stores near me except Best Buy.
The speakers I own are the most musical in your price range. Fritz Carrera 7 BE. New $3,500. Used $2,500. 30 day home trial. Buy the Dynaudio 20 stands from Dedicated Audio (deal) and bolt them together.
After that I would look at the Paradigm Founder 40's.
I had 19 different models in my home prior to Speakerfest 2022 last August. MSRP was capped at $3k so the Fritz were not included.
Philharmonic $1,900 bookshelf won the event BTW.
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I have the Revival Audio Atalante 3 monitors and love them. It took all of 3 minutes to adjust to the bass I miss from my JBL 4319s with their 12" woofers. That's how convincing they sound in the lower end. They're even more revealing and detailed than the JBLs but with none of the edge or bite they can exhibit. The designer of the Atalantes used to head speaker design at Dynaudio and before that, Focal-JmLab. Most of their award winning designs were done by him. The best part is the price: $2550 and a 10 year warranty and they're designed and made entirely in France.
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