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$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.

chuck
ronboco
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I completely agree with others above. Rockports! They are phenomenal speakers and endgame for sure! Good luck !

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toronto416
320 posts
 

TAD CE1tx

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bgross
533 posts
 

Can't imagine anything sounding as wonderful as Graham LS5/5 with those Lamm amps. Might be all in for $16-$17K and then make sure you get the appropriate cables, Shun Mook or Auditorium 23 would work. Wrap it up for $20K - that'd be my choice but maybe even some Line Magnetic LM-812 and buy a bunch of Shindo or AirTight. Wow! $50K buys building materials and heightened design. Not so much sound satisfaction. Just my opinion.

bruton
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Establishing a relationship with a dealer of repute who is adept at system matching would obviously be beneficial and a good first step.  Just my two cents.

There are *so many* choices available.  I recently attended an Audio Expo and found that for a normal size room (not a big hall) that my partner and I absolutely loved the Grimms LS1be (with powered electronics).  We also thoroughly enjoyed the Magico S3.  Given that an audio dealer can't possibly carry all models of every brand, a trip to an audio show might serve as a good sampling situation to get ideas.

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