$2000 speaker help

Do you know what amp you will power them with yet or have any in mind? As you probably know some speakers need more power than others. So it would help to know the amp to give you any meaningful suggestions on speakers.

The Vandersteen's 2e that Macdadtexas said are great.

I heard the Paradigm Studio 60 and they were fantastic. They were driven by a inexpensive 50 watt Jolida tube amp. The combo sounded really good together. Those don't need much power either.

Another good one is the Dynaudio DM 3/7 floor standers right at $2000. Those would suit your musical taste in rock and electronic really well. They need more power than the Paradigms though so you might need more like 100 watt of solid state power to drive them well. I hope this helps!

I agree with Polk432.

In fact there are many audiophiles who would say upstream is the most important.

To me Upstream is at least just as important as the others. It is all about putting together a complete system and having good system synergy. You can not have $2000 dollar speakers hooked up to a $2000 amp and then use a $200 CD player or turntable and expect that everything is going to sound great.