you may have put them in order of your preference...or maybe in order of mine. all have their charms.
Musical full-range in the $3-4K range used?
I have been going back and forth on speakers for awhile now. Looking to get a new pair (used, most likely) and I live in a really remote area with nobody except a B&W dealer nearby. I can't reasonably drive 400 miles round trip to bring speakers back home for audition, and demos at the dealer are sketchy at best. I have a decent sized room (21x14x9) and would like a musical speaker, mostly for jazz, jazz vocals, classical. Full range would be best. My last speaker was a Soliloquy 6.3, which was great in a bigger room, but a little too warm, and not tight enough in the bass for my taste.
I can use it with solid state or tubes, either is fine. I have around $2500 to budget for an integrated amp, but figured it best to find speakers I like, then an amp down the road.
Budget is max $4,000.
Some speakers I have heard at dealers, or have heard good things about:
Coincident (haven't heard these, but lots of good reviews)
Sonus Faber (seemed very musical, easy to listen to)
Tyler Acoustics (again, musical, a touch warm, nice and detailed)
Opera (haven't heard them, reputation is that they are similar to SF)
Aerial Acoustics (heard the 7b, a little flat, but could have been the $1000 integrated powering it: 9 was superb and sounded huge)
Dynaudio (heard the 5.4 at a dealer, but room was poor and speaker sounded thin and lifeless)
Acoustic Zen (haven't heard these)
Thiel (heard the 2.4, sounded really thin)
Devore (dealer is 3 hours away, but might be worth checking out the Super 8)
I can use it with solid state or tubes, either is fine. I have around $2500 to budget for an integrated amp, but figured it best to find speakers I like, then an amp down the road.
Budget is max $4,000.
Some speakers I have heard at dealers, or have heard good things about:
Coincident (haven't heard these, but lots of good reviews)
Sonus Faber (seemed very musical, easy to listen to)
Tyler Acoustics (again, musical, a touch warm, nice and detailed)
Opera (haven't heard them, reputation is that they are similar to SF)
Aerial Acoustics (heard the 7b, a little flat, but could have been the $1000 integrated powering it: 9 was superb and sounded huge)
Dynaudio (heard the 5.4 at a dealer, but room was poor and speaker sounded thin and lifeless)
Acoustic Zen (haven't heard these)
Thiel (heard the 2.4, sounded really thin)
Devore (dealer is 3 hours away, but might be worth checking out the Super 8)
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