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3 best 10k speakers now imho

If I was about to pull the plug to replace my present Verity Audio Rienzi, I would consider those 3 contenders as my first choices.

1_ Revel F228BE
2_ Magico A3
3_ Spendor D9

I strongly believe those 3 pack the hardest punch right now at 10k.

Revel F228BE offers 2 x 8 inches bass woofers and a beryllium tweeter, this is a lot at that price level if you consider you have to go up to the Sopra 3 at Focal to get the same. Also ceramic composite drivers like Raidho, very light and stiff cone material.

Magico A3 has been compared favorably to Kanta 2 and Sopra 2 by online reviewers, Plus you get an all aluminum casing. Back ordered at dealers everywere, they seems to attract a lot of buyers.

Spendor D9, those are really special speakers imho, they are the « sleeper car « pair between the 3... often forgotten. Very quick and snappy, pratty drivers. EP77 cone material makes for a very natural midrange, a bit like Harbeth but without the thin wall resonating casing. Very nice soft dome tweeter also that has proven to be a musical, reliable winner for Spendor all these years. ( made from SEAS I believe)

What you guys think?
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Also consider the GoldenEar Triton Reference.  

It's not a super fancy speaker and is still an MDF-like cabinet albeit now with some shiny parts, but when you use your ears and really listen to what the speakers are putting out, they are quite amazing, and they save you a grand under the $10K price point.

I was at Axpona this year in Chicago and heard lots of nice speakers; I definitely preferred the Tritons over the Magicos and Spendors.  With all the on-line hype, I hoped to be blown-away by the Magicos, but I wasn't.  

Revels are quite nice and I could see owning a pair at some point.

I can honestly state that there were only a handful of speakers I heard that bested the T-Refs, and those included the flagship Sonus Fabers and the Wilson Audios.  It's hard to beat the folded ribbon tweeter in the T-Refs that is so smooth yet revealing coupled with all that dead-accurate, (adjustable) revealing bass and smooth, tight mid-range. 
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