Help this old rookie with speakers

@ozzy62 Yeah! That’s a sweet deal on the LaScala! Congratulations. I doubt that most people could still buy LaScala for $4k… Yeah I’m stumped. 
 

Buying speakers based on a resale value alone seems like the smartest thing to me. Am I missing something ? At the end of the day you have speakers and you’re breaking even or earning money. If the speakers are valued so highly, they can’t be bad right ? Unless you’re trying to fit a giant box in a tiny room… 

I guess that when you’re older and wealthier the financial side of purchasing matters less. So I’m sort of very wrong? 

I have a set of Tekton Moab's.  I am very pleased but they are large.  Low power works very well for this speaker. AR ref 75 makes them sing

Thanks for the post , unfortunately 22 of the 23 answers don’t address your question. I’ve been curious about the Crites also. I guess I should chime in about the 3 brands I have that aren’t Crites. Oh and I have a standard poodle , does that count ? 😆

I would read the Robert Harley book about high end audio first. Only one person inquired about your intention to put your speakers in corners and 30' apart. That is not a stereo setup. if that is what you have to do then I would just get some powered speakers. I don't thin you can get stereo sound the way you intend.

Thank you all for your thoughts and insights.  

My speakers will end up being about 25 ft apart which makes for great stereo separation.   My Lynnfield's sound pretty good, but I'm going for the "horn" sound right now. 

I don't care about resale because I am an old guy and I intend these to be my children's problem!    

And I think I have found a pretty decent deal on some La Scala speakers that have been rebuilt with new crossovers, etc.    So the next fun venture will be what amp. to drive them with.   I'm going to start with one of my NAD amps and go from there.