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Poor man's Rockport Atrias?

I recently auditioned the Rockport Atrias and liked them alot. They seemed to do everything well including drawing me into the music. I also love their size which is small enough to fit into my narrow room. While I am willing to spend $20K on speakers I would of course prefer to spend less even if it means giving up some performance. Therefore, I am wondering if people have suggestions for other speakers I should consider auditioning that has similar qualities to the Rockports while also being a small floorstander.

Thank you.
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mbovaird
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I think you should audition more speakers just to be sure. This is a significant investment. Magico, Wilson, Vivid, Sonus Faber and many others - just to be sure.

IMHO - the Magico S5 is a better speaker and the new Magico S3 might be a better foot print for your room - depending on your room size. I found the Rockport tweeter a tad bright after a while. YMMV.

Mike
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audiolabyrinth
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@ Tboooe, Hi, A pair of the Rock port speakers you wanted is on sale here on audiogon!, Go for It!, Good Luck my friend.
doug99
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I would say buy a Rockport Mira 2 speakers.
The Mira 2 uses the Rocport custom made Skaaning Carbon fiber midbase, where the original Mira speakers use the Skaaning polypropylene midbase. The Mira 2 speakers sounded really good when i heard them.

The Mira 2 with the new midrange driver designed by Rockport.
The driver is also used in Avior.
http://cybwiz.blogspot.com/2012/03/rockport-technologies-mira-2.html
andrei_nz
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