Best 10K Speaker


Greetings,
System is Bryston 4B-SST amp and BP-26 pre-amp, Ayre CX-7E cd player, and JM Lab MU Be monitors. Musical tastes run to instrumental classical and jazz music. Although, I am very happy with this set-up, I would like to have speakers that have the hyper detail of the JM Lab Micro Utopias, and yet also have bass you can hear and feel. I do not have room to have two subwoofers, and I have found that for me one subwoofer just does not sound right. So, I looking at floorstander's in the 10k range that go down into the 25 Hz range. My choices are down to Thiel CS6 , Audio Physic Avanti 3's, Vienna Acoustic Mahler's, and Sonus Faber Amatti's( These would have to be used ). I would greatly appreciate any input from anyone who has seriously listened to any speakers on this list, or could suggest any other speakers for consideration.
jhwalker
1markr,
When you own 410lb. Eggleston Savoy's I guess a 210lb. speaker would be medium sized:-)
Well, WAF factor aside, I have a pair of Alto Utopia Be's, and I find the bass to be pretty crushing at times. They don't officially drop down to 20 hz, rather 30, but I haven't felt any disappointment in the bass reproduction of these speakers and they meet your 10 K limit. I'd take them any day of the week over the Mahler, the Amatis, or the Thiels. I don't care for any of those speakers. They may go slightly deeper in the bass compared to certain of the JM Lab line, but they lack the high frequency extension of the Utopia Be line. As always, YMMV.
1markr, thanks for your approval. It seems that lot of audiophiles have still to discover how incredibly good a pair of Andra II could be...
Montana EPX, These are what replaced my JM Lab Mezzo's.
On the low end they have 4 10" woofers in a Isobaric Chamber that is tuned at 22HZ. The EPX will and does produce bass at and below 20HZ. NO Sub needed here
Dave
If you can go a little higher I would audition the B&W 802D (and try to get a nice discount from a reasonable dealer). The 802D blew me away. I'm saving for a pair to add to my setup eventually. If you mean 10K for one speaker and not a pair, I would check out the 800D, that is one sweet speaker IMO. One I can't afford in the near future. :(

I'm using a Bryston SP1.7 (in bypass modes for stereo and surround musics) into a Bryston 9B SST with Meridian G08 and Denon DVD-5910, through B&W 703 fronts, HTM7 center, 705 surrounds and an ASW 750 sub.