Suggest your most desired MSRP $1,500-$3,000 Stand Mount for a Shootout.


We are gathering a list of eight speakers to compare in two live events in

June 2022. Post covid we hope!

 

Trying to gather models which are not readily available for audition.

 

Please submit your One suggestion here. 

I will begin with my One -KLH Model 5. MRSP $2,000.

 

Thanks for the help!

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Another vote for the ELAC Vela 403. They blew the doors off of the KEF LS50's they replaced. 

+++ Buchardt Audio S400 MkII speakers, $2,000 to $2,250 (at current Euro exchange rates) depending on veneers, plus free shipping world wide

I agree with jjss49, without meaningful requirements and controls this effort will go for nothing. For example LS-50S and LS 3/5As are nearfield monitors, so using them outside that context is simply a misapplication. 

I know that I’m probably advertising the OGY speakers unintentionally. I won’t mention them in this thread anymore.

The reason I’m not a fan about Focal is because they are a huge international brand like B&W. So you don’t get that exclusivity you typically see from smaller boutique manufacturers. Moreover, the branding of Focal products is also reflected in the price. I have no doubt that medium/high end Focal models are built in France. There are factory tours on the web. I’m just hesitant about lower-end Focal models. To further my point, high-end Focal speakers seem to be using unique flax composite drivers. Low-end Focal speakers seem to be using paper cones. I’m just speculating that the paper cones are built overseas. I could be wrong. But I digress.

Moreover, France is a Hi-Fi paradise. Hundreds of tiny manufacturers are building innovative and unique products which get no attention from the English-speaking world. It’s just silly that brands like Tekton and OJAS are more well-known than Apertura and Davis Acoustics. America is the centre of the universe, so it’s understandable. Anyways, Focal doesn’t feel as exotic or French to me because of its big brand status. Even luxury cars are equipped with Focal. Call me a hipster, I don’t care.

At the same time people want to see popular products in shootouts, for comparison sake. So Focal, Buchardt, Sonus Faber, KEF, B&W are your usual suspects.

In retrospect, including an obscure boutique brand which sells a few dozen speakers every year in a shootout is futile.