Looking for speaker advice-$10-20k

MAGICO,VIMBERG or ROCKPORT jump on a pair ASAP!

What kind of sound and speaker characteristics are most important to you?

Great list there.  Vimberg Mino is great, but good luck finding a set for $20k or less.  Magico A3 is also excellent.  I think I'm leaning A3 at this point.  As to Focal, I think I'd take Sopra 2 over Kanta 3. Persona 5F has excellent clarity and soundstage, but will tell you all about an overly bright recording.  Heard the new SF Nova towers at RMAF and they sounded great, with impressive bass slam for the size of the drivers.  Also, for your genres, look at Audio Solutions Figaro L, which is a lot of speaker for $10k.  Audio Solutions also has Virtuoso S, which is even better, at the top of your price range.  I heard Virtuoso M at RMAF, which was very impressive with full symphony. 

Nice list, I’d add some Revels too (f228 be to start with). I recently listened to the Focal Sopra 2s and Sonus Faber Olympica Nova I (bookshelf speakers not the towers, they had sold all the Towers) at the same dealer but different rooms/rigs. The Focal’s had so much detail in the higher frequencies that it was hard to stop staring at those Beryllium tweeters. I’m not sure if it was in a good way or not yet. I’m going to go back again and spend some more time with them. They were powered with a Huge Mac tube amp, I had them swap in a solid state amp since I am running a Parasound JC5. The amp swap didn’t effect the high frequencies as much as I was expecting. I listened to everything from Steely Dan, Eagles, Beatles, and Zepplin, to Mozart and Chopin with some Diana Krall in between. The sizzle on snares was unlike anything I’d heard before. But I couldn’t stop listening to The Sonus Faber Nova I...I fell in love with them. These were just the bookshelf version, but they were quite seductive. Everything was smooth and effortless. The music was just there in front of you. The speakers disappeared. They certainly couldn’t compare to the sopras in most bass/thump/kick drums but mid bass frequencies like upright bass were more impressive than I expected from a bookshelf. I’m searching out an audition for the first pair of Nova III and 5’s that I can. I think I’m on the hunt for the first used pair of Nova 5s I can find. But who knows when that will be...I have a line on a great used pair of Sopra 2s, so I’ve got more time behind these speakers before I can justify laying down that kind of cheddar.

Yamaha Soavo pair are nice!

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