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Proac K6 Signature, Sonus Faber Amati Tradition,Verity Audio Amadis, Kharma DB-9

...if you were me and you played rock and roll like the Stones, the Allman Brothers, John Mellencamp but also played singer songwriters like ; Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown, Waylon Jennings, Josh Ritter but also loved jazz like Pat Methaney, Return to Forever, Cannonball Adderley. In a room that is 16 wide and 30 deep with cathedral ceilings and all Accuphase separates with the amp being a 60 watt pure class A design …...which one would pick ?  I have narrowed it down to those 4 brands  - don't care what you have or had just anybody's thoughts on those 4 Particular speakers. Thank you and stay well and safe out there !         
garebear

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garebear OP
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….....thank you all so far as it is appreciated. My only concern with Proac at the expense of being insensitive, is that the chief engineer and designer Stuart Tyler just passed on and who knows what the future holds for Proac.  
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Hello twoleftears…..thank you and much appreciated. Thomas is a special and honest individual and very knowledgeable in this hobby. However, I do not want a dealers perspective otherwise I would have called him. What I am looking for is  ''us ''  Audiogoners who have listened to those speakers that I have listed and to have them give me their thoughts as dealers will give you theirs.     
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...thank you milpai but as I had noted earlier my concern now is what is going to happen to ProAc as Stuart Tyler has passed ? I don't want spend that much money and have ProAc close it door's the way Thiel did after Jim passed on.   
garebear OP
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……...thank you all again for your responses as I am the original OP :  

audioman58 - If wanted to know about Focal I would have included them on my list and if you had looked and read at my thread you would have not seen them listed - I have listened to them and do not like them and they look well  ; ugly   

infection  - thank you and just because those are the ones I like !

robbeyedwards  - thank you and I owned a pair of those 25 years ago and agree that are great but as noted looking for floor standers and not stand mounts  - but agree with you   

milpai - thank you and good point and much appreciated. I was looking into the Spendor Classic 200 but no dealer here in the US carries them ..... from what I '' heard '' they do not possess the same sound as the older Spendor's …...but I still researching them and they are now up to ohhhhh $27,000 USD !

tomic610  - thank you but my thread did not note that we were voting for any dealers  - but agree on the Verity's …...but their dealer net work  here in the US has considerably shrunk over the past 5 years which tells me something.

practikl - thank you and congratulations on your purchase of the Parsifal Anniversary's …….they are magical. One question to you ; can they rock and roll - not head bang  - but can they boogie to the bands and songwriters that I have noted ? Great speakers …..   

  

 

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...thank you gregm and appreciated but the next model is the Sarasto's and they have a ribbon tweeter which you have to be careful with those and the next model you noted the ; Lohengrins are beautiful and big and out of my price range. I would give up some loudness as you noted for musicality as that is my end pursuit. Please let me know what ; IIRC means and agreed that the Amadis speaker can be as well as all of Verity can be and for a lack of any better word ; reticent I their sound. The speaker has to be musical and have a little '' guts '' …..these 4 speakers noted can. I also do like some of the Marten's …..but I am confused enough as is.

Ultimately, I am looking for that set next to the sound board that sounds like a 25 year single malt Scotch....very smooth but with a little bite !           

garebear OP
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Hello speakermaster - thank you and I did research on Spendor's largest floor stander the ; Classic 200 but no dealer carries that speaker and it does not seem to be a speaker that is well coveted over here in the US. The spec's do indicate that it very well may be a veyt good speaker but is little to no information it. It really looked at that one for a long. Not a big Harbeth fan.
garebear OP
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Hello two leftears and I have listened to the older version the ; SP 100 R2 and loved them but what I am '' hearing '' that ever since Dorothy and Spencer Hughes left it is not the same company or sound. I don't know what to believe at this point but the classic 200's are north of $25,000. So there is a lot of competition at that price point and the reviews of the classic 200 have been marginal at best  ; stating that they sounded very ; soft.  
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Hello schubnel  - thank for your vote on Proac and the K6 Signatures are I my cross hairs.

Audition_Audio  - thank you and I agree with you up to a point as I have owned Harbeth 40.1 and well as Sonus Faber Olympica III's and really did not do the genres of music that I had mentioned well. The both of them are beautifully made speakers from great companies but at times  - just did not get the music right. That is my concern with the Verity......thank you both again.         

garebear OP
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…….thank you b_limo so much and it is appreciated and I will get them based solely on your recommendation and the information you provided here on why I should get Proac in your response.      
garebear OP
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.......Hello Irave and interestingly enough, I went went with the new Verity Audio Arindals and very happy. The Verity's just hit everything on my check list. I hope this helps and enjoy..... 

garebear OP
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…….beautiful speaker , musically engaging but looking to sell . I only have 420 hours on them and they break in at 600 hours . I am not personally happy that a well respected company like Verity had closed their doors and I just purchased Avery expensive speaker from them ….. so looking to move them . 

garebear OP
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……I will of course put an add up here on Audiogon as I do not want to be in violation of any rules or regulations 

garebear OP
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……I appreciate the input only if I never had the thought of upgrading my speakers . The used / second hand market on these now as well as say a few years from now , I will get the price of two used large book ends ! You know how this market is especially on this site . I am laughing now at the stupid offers I would receive …..I can hear them now ; “ I can take them off your hands now for say …..$1,000 and you pick up shipping and any Pay-Pal fees ….” I am sure that I am not far off . Looking at the Serbio Franco Ktema’s and the irony is that I did not previously chose them because Franco had sadly passed on and they are such a smaller company . I also was concerned over the future of Pro-Ac after Mr. Tyler passed . Boy was I wrong on all of those companies as those two still have their doors open.  

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