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Started with $1k speakers … what now?

I got into this hobby during Covid, browsing YouTube reviews my first speakers were Polk L100s and Sonus Faber Lumina 1s. Not bad as an entry point, but wondering what would be the next level is where a speaker is built with fewer compromises in the drivers and crossover design.  My hope was that in the $5k range truer “hifi” entry points may be found in a small room system with a REL t5x. My source and amplification is already in the $5k range. 
 

I visited a hifi store recently but was overwhelmed by the amount of choice and unsure what would be an upgrade based on first listening impressions alone. 
 

Thanks in advance for any insights.

jdavis234
jdavis234 OP
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soix, thank you. This looks like a step in the right direction!
mahgister - Great points, well advised. 👍

jdavis234 OP
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hilde45 - Good advice, I completely agree. And thanks for the ’insider’ info. I’m going to take a look.

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hilde45
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OP, in case it’s helpful:

On Ascend -- here.

On Fritz -- here. Video here and here.

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milpai
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@jdavis234,

Will you be able to attend the AXPONA 2024. That is a great way to experience so many different loudspeakers.

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audioman58
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Having owned a Audio store and modding Loudspeaker Xovers for over 20 years 

sadly even at $10k Xovers are average at best , why because of $$ 

less then 50% of the cost goes into the speaker ,R&D overhead and markup 

including all packaging on a $5k speaker maybe $2300 actuall6 goes into a completed speaker ,this is correct .

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