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Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation

Looking to upgrade from my current Rogers LS3/5a + AB1 REL 328 setup .  While I love the smooth mids of these speakers (especially on voices/acoustic instruments), I tend to play harder music more frequently (alt/rock/punk/etc) which these do not excel at. I like to play music loud and have a real world living room my system is in (cathedral ceiling, open on one side, many windows. couch between my speakers) so setup is a challenge. I hate harsh sounding speakers.

My current playback system consists of a Oppo-BDP105 (or primarily Roon/JRiver via Ethernet) into a PS Audio DirectStream Jr DAC > Conrad Johnson Premier 14 Tube Pre > Conrad Johnson MF2500a Amp.  All run by a PS Audio P5 with a combination of Nordost/Shunyata cabling.

Looking to spend around $4,000-$7,000 but could be flexible. Used or new is fine.

Currently considering:

PSB Imagine T3
Vandersteen Trio CT
Spendor D7
Mangepan 3.7i (don't think this will work with high SPL)
Endeavor Audio E-3
Revel F208
Golden Ear Triton 1
Dynaudio Excite X44

Any other speakers I should be considering based on my equipment, volume preference and music? Anything I should eliminate?

Looking forward to hearing everyone's opinions & thank you in advance
fdemello
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pbnaudio
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http://libertyaudio.com/products/x-vox-loudspeaker-system

From its maker

Good Listening


Peter
dumacker
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I was looking over PSB's offerings and ran into Monitor Audio Golds.  I a/b the two with a Mystere' amp and now live with the Monitor Audio.  There are so many great speakers out there all you can do is listen...
and enjoy!

jhv
nakamaye
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I have had the Spatial M4s since the end of May 2016 and there is no accumulation of dust that I can detect in the open woofers as of now.  This time period included a total remodel of the kitchen so that doesn't seem to be a problem.  They are actually somewhat protected by the slanted baffle so a little careful dusting (vacuum) from time to time should be fine. 
As far as picking up hum, I have only tried these with some classic amps, a New York Audio Labs moscode 300, a Marantz 140 amp, a PSE Studio 2, some modded low output tube amps, and the Anthem i225 integrated which has a beautiful dark background.  No hum that I could notice unless standing with my ear next to the compression driver and the NYAL moscode 300.  They are very efficient though so it is possible some hum would come through certain components. 
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fdemello OP
80 posts
 
Might check out some Zu Audio speakers. It seems a lot of rockers love them.

Doing some work on these now. Seems like all you hear about is the Soul Supreme. Anybody know the differences between that and the Omen Def MKII?

They are very efficient though so it is possible some hum would come through certain components.
Thanks for the info. Helpful

I was looking over PSB's offerings and ran into Monitor Audio Golds.
Have some work to do on these

I demoed the new Revel Concerta F36 and almost needed a Tylenol after one song
I have read some similar comments on forums.  Luckily I can hear these locally and drop if need be


ROOM:
I left some images under my profile so everyone can see what kind of room I am dealing with. A couple of notes: I can close the curtains on the front wall when listening. Back wall curtains can be closed but leaves approx 1 window exposed. Couch can be moved a bit back & front/back but not much. The Rogers are currently 3' from the front wall and approx 1.5' from the side walls. With the couch back against the rack I can get the speakers to 5' and in front of it which is what I would/plan to do for critical listening.

Thank you
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