New Bookshelf speakers u love 3k to 6k

I love my B&W PM1's. I first had the Kef ls50's. And I really tried to love them. They were good but were missing a fullness and richness that the pm1's had in spades.

I find the Reference 3A De Capo's to be very satisfying speakers - - easy to drive, and very alive sounding without the crossover. I've lived with a pair of i's for over 5 years now.

I, too, have been very impressed by the Joseph Audio Pulsar's, but have only heard them at shows.

I started this thread to see what other thought of speakers costing more and which ones. The ref 3 a de capo's have gotten sensational feedback from many many many people.

Of those mentioned in this thread the JM Reynaud Offrande
Supreme and the Joseph Audio Pulsars are excellent
choices. I have not heard the others mentioned here but
am a proponent of time coherent speaker speakers like the
DeCapo. I have heard nothing but good things about the
Decapo also. To throw one more hat into the ring, the
Intuitive Design Summit is a great speaker in this price
range. They are time coherent as well. The Path Stand
system and stillpoints are a necessary part of the set up
though. If you are willing to go through the effort to
maximize their set up, they will reward you like few
speakers can.

The Vapor Audio Aurora and Cirrus both belong in this
discussion as well. Very worthy contenders for sure and
both will clearly play louder than the Summit if that is
important to you. There are many very fine monitors in
this price range.

I'm presently breaking in some Clearwave Duet 6 monitors and they're at the $3K range you mentioned. These are some truly remarkable speakers that come across as so naturally balanced, top to bottom, that this is the first time I won't even consider a sub.

In room measurements done with a RatShack SPL meter bears this out and I did it from the listening position and about 1M from the speakers. I'm getting measurable response all the way down to 31.5Hz from these beauties and there's no bloat (this is at comfortable listening levels averaging in the mid 60s SPL) From 1Khz down to 50Hz it's +/-2 db, 60db @40Hz and [email protected].

I know this is a rough example and I only used test tones from an old Stereophile test CD but it goes a long way towards explaining the full and balanced sound I'm getting. I haven't heard sound like this from a speaker, let alone a monitor.

All the best,
Nonoise