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Open baffle speakers
I use OBs in my loft listening room. All my closed box speakers really did not work well in this specific environment but the OBs do. The room plays a very key role on how they sound. I also cross my OBs over at 90db and use a powered sub so base ... 
Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ?
Speakers + room for me. I have a loft that is medium size but it opens to a stairwell on the left side. That means the left speaker is separated by the stairwell with a half wall while the right is adjacent to a typical 9' high wall. Not all speak... 
KEF LS50 Meta
I have a set of LS50 Metas that I was using in my main listening room with a KEF KC62 sub. Nice sound and a great match with a crossover between the two at 90Hz. Amazing imaging with very good detail. Given the size of my room they were a little s... 
Kind of Blue
Several years ago when I was playing saxophone tracks for a jazz gig, in the studio, the engineer put on a few Blue Note tracks. In the studio they were amazing and still my benchmark for how I would like my listening room to sounds like.  
How would you spend my next $5K?
I would start with the room and go from there. I'm 4yrs away from retirement and one thing on my budget is to build a dedicated listening room and start from there.  
Tri-Art Audio Open 5 open, baffle speaker.
I've been a huge open baffle fan this last year as my loft/audio room seems to really work with OBs. I took a look at the Tri Arts and they are simply beautiful. Great to hear that you are loving yours.   
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
Great news! I've been thinking about either building another set of OBs vs. just ordering from Clayton.   
Steely Dan
Nice and thanks!  
Is toeing speakers a bad idea?
decooney mentioned something important that i forget about and that is to take notes which does help.    
Is toeing speakers a bad idea?
My current OB speakers like about 5 degrees toe-in but as others have said it's really about adjusting not only the toe-in but the width of the speakers with respect to the listening distance.  My other speakers, KEF LS50 Metas liked no toe-in fo... 
What would your "perfect speaker" sound like.
For me it's a speaker that is rich, great soundstage and does disappear but I also agree that what I put in my main listening room does take on some similarity. My room is not ideal as it has a wall on the right side and then opens up to a stairwe... 
Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One.
If I had to pick just one it would be Chick Corea Three Quartets. I completely wore out two LPs of this recording when I was in college.   
How good is good enough?
I'm currently happy with my modest system. I tend to spend time listening combined with playing around with room treatment and speaker placement.  I don't see myself spending any large sums on equipment for some time but I am thinking about build... 
"If These Walls Could Sing"...Documentary about Abbey Road Studios
Thanks for that! My wife and I are always looking for great music documentaries.   
Pre-Meta KEF Reference 1 or LS50 Meta
I would say stay with the R1s and adjust from there. I moved to LS50 Metas and they are great but they really needed some power and also a KC62 sub with a ~90hz crossover. In the end the biggest factor has been room placement and tuning. With the ...