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Speakers free of grain, glare and steel?

$2,000 or less used/new speakers free of grain, glare and steel, but with detail, extension, imaging, and tonal accuracy and balance? Acoustic Zen Adagio, Merlin TSM MME. Gallo 3.1, Frafrotski SE? Most speakers are competent, some are outstanding, a few deliver magic. Which speakers are the most musical and easy to listen to, rising to the top of a crowded field given their price point, and the most "forgiving" of their associated components? Which have magic?
pmboyd

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unsound
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The closet suggestion I can think of is the Vandersteens.
unsound
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Some of us prefer the older OHMs with real Walsh drivers.
unsound
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Mapman, I disagree. Not all of OHM's speakers feature bending wave Walsh drivers, the DDD drivers that German Physiks uses doesn't have the mechanical cross-overs that the Walsh drivers do.
unsound
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Mapman, just saying it's a fact doesn't make it so.
unsound
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Pmboyd, nothing beats a home audition. In the mean time, you might find this old thread interesting:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1015294796&openusid&zzSean&4&5#Sean
unsound
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All that detail, isn't neccesarilly quality. Higher efficiency allows more grunge in too. There are so many variables in loudspeakers, never mind the loudspeaker to room interface, that the idea of "all other things being equal" is purely an academic argument with no grounds (at least for now and into the foreseeable future) in current reality.
unsound
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Mapman, proffers a notion worthy of consideration. It's better to get an amp for speakers, than speakers for an amp.
unsound
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Good luck, I hope you like them.
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