Which speaker should I buy? Please help.

I have often thought about what I would buy if money was not a concern. With 30K the speakers I would have at the top of my list to audition would be planers and ESLs. Not that I am the best person to give you advice, my system is only worth about a humble 5K.

But ones I would look at would be:

-Magnepan 20.1's with Mye stands - Under 10k new
-Martin Logan Summit (under 10k new) or used Statement E2 (used about 30k used)
-Sound Lab - as much as you want to spend depending on the model

What type of music do you like? Do you want a speaker to do 90% percent of things at 100% standard, or a speaker that will do 100% of things to a 90 % standard.

If you are looking for $30K speakers and you are asking advice here, you have problems far beyond what brand of speaker you should buy. At that price point if you don't go out and listen for yourself, you deserve whatever sorry assed mistakes you make by listening to other's advice.

A little dose of reality for you....

Oz

the utopias would be a logical step. much better than the mezzo. i went from utopias to novas, to martin logan ascents, odysseys, and now prodigys. i have owned the sound lab u1s a3s etc. i can tell you for around 6 to 7k used the prodigys set up properly, will compete with any speaker regaurdless of cost. i would in that size room go for the statememt e2s . they are as the other person mentioned around 30k. good luck. what kind of amps are you useing? at that kind of money you have no limits to what kind of great sound you will have.

i guess if i would have fully read the other threads i would have seen what your amps are . sorry.

The reason I asked about room size is because it can be a determining factor in what to buy. You really don't have any reason to buy something small regardless of the price. Your room is capable of employing all but the biggest speaker systems.

Comments have been made about asking for advice in the price range you seem to be looking. If you are just trying to get a starting point, that's fine, but don't put too much stock in the opinions that appear here.

If it were me, I would look seriously at the several speakers including, in no particular order:

Pass Labs Rushmore, this is an active speaker so your amps would be redundant.

Dali Euphonia, a remarkable product

Soundlabs U1

Kharma, I forget the model, but they're darn good

Wilson Watt/Puppies 7, they have lots of detractors, but they are the best selling speaker over $10,000. I wonder if there's a reason

Just a few suggestions, there are lots of others. You have your work cut out for you, if you are indeed serious.