Picking Speakers 20k-30k

@brewerslaw Check your messages - I just sent some thoughts privately there. We’ve spoken a bit in the past few months.

I'd be thinking about Audio Note and Tannoy in addition to the fine choices here.

After being at Axpona this year I'm dreaming of the Franco Serblin Ktema speakers. Just a wow listening experience for me. 

@johnk thanks for the suggestion.  I’ll take a look at DIY but my gut tells me that i don’t actually know how to engineer something that fits my listening taste, room etc…. and I’d likely end up building something random rather than geared to my desires.  I’m sure with enough time, one could engineer something awesome that hits above its weight class but I’d be concerned with ending up with a 20K wood pile. 

@grislybutter @hilde45 @rsf507  thanks for the list (and additions).  I’m only familiar with about 1/2 of the speakers on there so i have a little homework!

One follow-up: there’s at least a couple bookshelf speakers on the list (Harbeth and the Borresen are the two I’m familiar with that have stellar reviews), but I’ve never spent any time considering or listening to bookshelf options.  Are people generally running those with separate subs and happy with the results or more often used by those who either don’t desire or listen to music with much bass?  

@brewerslaw adding a sub to a bookshelf/monitor depends on the space, your bass preferences and budget. I personally wouldn't, didn't - but tried. Some bookshelves have base that's pretty full and heavy and better than messing with a sub.

One note to my list, there are at least 20 other brands with speakers in the 20K range, I am still collecting data