$35000 to $40,000. speakers what would you buy and why?
I am contemplating purchasing my End game speakers. The ones that catch my eye are the Magico M3, Magico M project, Stenheim Alumine 5se, Rockport Cygnus and the Songs Faber Amati Homage G5. My system consists of An Aurender N20 feeding a MSB Technology Premier Dac with Premier powerbaye. Preamp duties are handles by An Audio Research Reference Anniversary and amplification is a pair of Lamm M 2.2 mono blocks. I currently have Magnepan 3.7i's. I love their transparency and inner detail but they do not play in the low registers. I do not want separate subs.... My room is mediums sized. I listen to mostly soft pop, classical and some light rock. I am trying to walk the thin line of tranparency vs musicality. I would enjoy some suggestions and some sound reasoning behind members choices in speakers. I do not want this to morph into a bashing thread. Please stay on topic.
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No one here can give you the ideal speaker… or recommend the idea women. It’s always an individual preference. Given the level of equipment you own, you must deal with some decent shops. Have you heard everything they offer? For the money you want to spend, traveling to a city with several quality dealers would give you the opportunity to make a good choice. As to subs, they need not be large for music. You might want to consider a quality pair. B&W makes some good small subs. |
If you would consider used, then here are a pair of Vandersteen model Seven speakers. They are not the EXRM version, but they sound amazing. They do everything right. Soundstaging, disappearing, realism, musical, energetic, and effortlessly reproduces bass down to 20 Hz. They have a rear firing tweeter, for an overly damped room (otherwise, keep the dial on 0 / off). They have powered subs. So even modest tube amps can drive them. But any amps will benefit, because with the speaker's high-pass filters, your amps are asked to produce 6 db less bass. And those speakers have 11 potentiometers (one for each frequency range, starting at 20 Hz). That allows you to tailor the bass, to compensate for room issues. They mostly flatten out bass humps, but will also boost bass valleys a bit. And it is all done in the analog domain. There is no photo, but I found out that they are black.. And you can probably bargain with the price, which the store is asking $37,500. https://www.audioconnect.com/products/vandersteen-model-seven-mki-pre-owned |
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