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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
tonnesen
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I'd suggest auditioning the Songer S1x  and the YG Hailey 3.  The Songer is a single driver active field coil speaker with no cross over and excellent phase coherence, and YG has done a lot of work on their version 3 reference line to improve phase coherence.  As the Tone Audio review says, the Songer S1x is one of the “top ten speakers you should hear before you die” kind of speakers.

The YG might be available used in your price range, and the S1x is within your price range new with the Show/WBF discount of 15% that Ken offers.  I had the original Amati Homage, and they were amazing but not my endgame. 

 

 

beercanshooter
2 posts
 

Get on a plane fly to Denver drive to boulder and spend the day listening to pa audios speakers

beercanshooter
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PS Audio

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audioman58
4,608 posts
 

The Wilson watt puppy totally upgraded  is very musical excellent powerful bass 

very similar to the Sabrina V  with just more powerful bass 

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krell_fan1
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All of these are good choices but I still suggest you present all key details relating to your system as you di there but include room dimensions, ceiling height, etc. Ask the 3 dominant AI apps (ChatGPY, Gemini and Claude) exactly this: " I have (list system and measurements). I have a budget of $20,000-$40,000. Given the room size and electronics, which speakers would you recommend for me as endgame speakers? 

That said, I would only add what @chuck said re: REL subs. If you do the research, you will find very few high end enthusiasts incur hobby who do NOT have suns, and higher end systems feature RELS, You will have room, trust me, Most people (as much as he or she may THINK  they know about the speaker's ability to play low have no idea what no speaker built can accomplish. The ability of a speaker to play low has nothing to do what a pair of REL subs can accomplish., Not even close. There is an  EXTREMELY informative video you can find on YT,  channel Pursuit of the Perfect System. . Look for "Probably" the BestHiFi System in the world? Tad Esoteric REL." You will get an education and learn how and why a guy with spears approaching 100K that player lower than anything in your price range benefit from REL subs...and WHY. They can be placed anywhere in the room, FYI as you will see at around the 16 or 17  minute mark.  Good luck. 

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