Battle of the affordables

Especially considering the price range OP has laid out:  from 2.1k to 7k.

There are others at these price point but these are the one I could find where there are favorable reviews on the web.

Right.  I understand that.  If you don't have brick & mortar availability, you have to start somewhere.  That's what I did, but now I may be suffering a bit of buyer's remorse.  What will you be driving them with?  That would at least give you an idea if you would be locked into certain specs.

What will you be driving them with?  That would at least give you an idea if you would be locked into certain specs.

I am driving them with a 150W amp - Simaudio W7.  I don't think my amplification is the bottleneck.

Simaudio W7 - that's awesome

I've heard most of those. The Kef R11 Meta are very good. The Polk R700 is surprisingly good for their price. 

If you can find the discontinued Revel F208 on sale for around $2k, grab those. 

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