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what speakers for 4k or less new or used

putting together a two channel sys for one of my dearest buddies. he listened to my quicksilver m80's fell in love with sound and bought a pair of v-4's since then we have scored a rouge magnum 99 with a few upgrades here on the gon and an ah cd player. now we need speakers. he likes the sound of my snell e-IIIs he cant have em and also my snell b-minors cant have them either. a good bass is important as is wonderful midrange. and sounstage. . looking forward to hearing suggestions mitvh
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tdacquisto
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Best bang for the buck in the used market is Martin Logan reQuests. PHENOMENAL when driven by a good amp.

Tom.

http://www.martinloganowners.com
usblues
1,217 posts
 
As the above posters have stated,go for the Merlins and dont look around.You will come home one day,Bob
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grannyring
6,479 posts
 
Merlins are good, but I have heard better for the money including Silverline Sonata II's and III's. Usher speakers also better the Merlin including the 6381 for $3400 new. The Merlins are up to $10,000! Wow! BTW I have owned the VSM's twice as well as the other speakers listed. Again, Merlin is very good, but others are as good for a lot less money.

Bill
macdadtexas
1,794 posts
 
OK, back again: Maggie 3.6R. There is a reason most people who have ever owned Maggie buy again. Simply the best speaker made. Ethereal.
pragmatist
336 posts
 
I'm in the minority here,being agnostic about Maggies needing tons of power. That said,I don't know how much current the Rogue unit delivers or how loud you listen.

I prefer panels to boxes,but that is just me.

Over Easter weekend, I heard a pair of North Creek Music Borealis 2 ways. They are intelligently designed;they are fairly easy to drive(85db into 8 ohms) and the port volume is adjustable. I was stunned how accurate and clean they were! A look at North Creek Music's web site will also describe the Rhythm speakers(that I have not heard),if you have a large room.

The bass was outstanding,but it took my friend several trials and errors to get the ports volumes right.

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