Shopping for new speakers

If you would like to drive a little further you are more than welcome to come to listen to my Legacy Audio's. I'm sure you would find the trip to be very rewarding. The Legacy's will compete very well against speakers that cost 3 to 4 times what they cost.  I know that it's bit of a drive to get here, but heck, I drove clear to NY to pick up my Legacy Focus SE's. I find that it was worth every minute of the drive.

Further support for the Spatial Holograms, M3 or M4.  Of course we are all picking our favorite speakers which we own, why not?  You can audition lots of different speakers but most of them will done in the shop's listening room, not with your equipment or your room.  Clayton will allow you 60 days return on the Holograms so you can break them in fully and then audition them in your own home with your equipment.  Just make sure you break them for ca 100hrs before making a final decision.  If you don't like them you will have to pay return shipping but my guess is that you won't be returning them.  Give him a call at Spatial Audio.  

You are in a similar position as I am.

I built my current speakers, single driver Mark Audio A12P cabinets. They are a bit shout-y and I have out-grown them. It was time to step into the big leagues.

I am auditioning the Vandersteen 1Ci and Spatial M4 Turbo S. Roughly the same price (the Vandersteens are 400 cheaper new - with stands). I'll let you know how it turns out - will be posting on my original thread.

The open baffle approach is logical and minimal. My approach to audio is analog, minimal, and as pure as possible.

In my listening room I run only Vinyl with (currently) a SET Phono Pre and SET Amp (with gain control) and no pre-amp. Transparency is incredible.

What type of room is this going in? What are the dimensions?

You mentioned you dont want to listen to 'boxes' and 'wife acceptance' was important, speakers that 'disappear' (I assume imaging-wise and not visually). Audition some Martin Logans. I have the Electro Motion ESLs and really like them. Small footprint, big soundstage, detail, plenty of bass for me and interesting visually.