My ears tell me Magnepan. I have auditioned speakers at this price point, and Maggies knocked me out. I can't get them because they are large and blocky and too ugly for my wife's taste. Your wife, or you yourself, may a have similar reaction. But they sound amazing. I opted for Spatial M5 Sapphire Open Baffle speakers, which are more neutral sounding than the Maggies and look great. The Spatials need 3 feet of space behind them to sound their best. Not sure about the Maggies.
Needing to replace thirty year old speakers.
I have a thirty year old pair of Canton ergo 80 speakers. I
never felt they were that good. My current system includes
a Chronus magnum dark integrated amplifier, a Cambridge
audio can v2 streamer and two Svs 2000 pro subs. The
Chronic dark replaced an Adcom 555-2 amplifier and an
Adcom 565 preamplifier. I always thought the Adcom
equipment sounded harsh in the upper midrange. The
Chronic solved that problem. It is better than the Adcom
equipment in every way. I like speakers that are slightly
warm sounding but still give detail. My budget is around
$5,000, maybe a little more. What speakers would sound
good with my setup? If a recommended speaker allowed
Me to delete the subs, my wife would be happy 😊
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@mbruflodt25, As usual suggestions all over the place some of which you should totally ignore. Except for the clown denigrating Richard Vandersteen speakers I'm sure they are all well intentioned but some are ignorant of how the speakers interact with the room. First and foremost do not get rid of those two good subs you have. They are paramount to good sound. All rooms have modes and to defeat these problems requires bass sources that can be set to counter the inevitable peaks and nulls that are the bane of the audiophile's life. The SVS subs are particularly good for this because they have the desireable adjustable phase feature and much more. Understand that variable phase allows you to literally place the subs where they best fit the room. I can assure you from the many subs I've dialled in that once you've heard them used as tuning devices you would never go back to a room plagued by peaks and nulls. Keep the subs! Also ignore advice to use 'Brand WXYZ' big fat floorstanders and get rid of the subs because they are fullrange. Well let me tell those recommending this approach that the low frequencies combining constuctively causing peaks and destructively causing nulls that the long wavelengths don't care a dot what speakers they are. If I'm not explaining that well just know that all speakers need help from subs. The absolute best is to use subs, some judicious room treatment and measurement. If your amp is using KT88s on the output stage prefferably choose a speaker with a benign impedance plot around 8 ohms and of mid to high sensitivity. Vandersteens are excellent value and would shine with your amp. Another brand and is what I would aim for is Volti, not well known but are easy to drive with sensitivities at 97dB/octave and higher. Volti Audio - High Sensitivity Horn Speakers Good luck |
Plus 1 @ghdprentice I have had 14-15 pairs of speakers in the last fifty years and I found that my ears don’t like metal tweeters or midrange drivers of any sort. No beryllium, no aluminum tweeters for me, they all hurt my ears now I’m back to silk tweeters and my ears have never been happier. Two of the fifteen speakers I’ve had have been Sonus Farber and the ones I now have are my favorite and forever. All the best. |
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