First let me tell you I work part time as a dealer for Vmps. If you go here:
http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewforum.php?f=39
You can find a sticky with reviews and talk to other owners. That way you can get others opinions as some people think a dealer may mislead them. There's a reason for the rave reviews and another will be coming soon. Also a search at AA is worth doing. They're easy to drive as they are purely resisitive above 280hz. My brother uses a Pioneer Elite receiver with his. There's also a sticky with a list of owners and another for dealers. Worth a listen in any price category 2-20k as the bang per buck is outstanding.
Speakers are a very subjective subject. Many people like Maggies and I personlly couldn't live with them. There's alot of good speakers in your price class. You need to hear and read about as many as you can before you plop down your hard earned cash.
To explain it another way: Take two well accepted speakers in the 5k price class. Both speakers people rave about how good they sound and both speakers are loved. These two different speakers will both sound very good but different. You're the only one who can decide which one is the one for you.
Then you have to take into account room acoustics. If you haven't it's money well spent, let me assure you. If you spend 4k on speakers and 1k on room treatment you will have a better sound than the guy who drops a pair of 5k speakers in the same room. Odds are way high in favor of this scenario so please put the room acoustics into account to. Hope this helped. Cheers
http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewforum.php?f=39
You can find a sticky with reviews and talk to other owners. That way you can get others opinions as some people think a dealer may mislead them. There's a reason for the rave reviews and another will be coming soon. Also a search at AA is worth doing. They're easy to drive as they are purely resisitive above 280hz. My brother uses a Pioneer Elite receiver with his. There's also a sticky with a list of owners and another for dealers. Worth a listen in any price category 2-20k as the bang per buck is outstanding.
Speakers are a very subjective subject. Many people like Maggies and I personlly couldn't live with them. There's alot of good speakers in your price class. You need to hear and read about as many as you can before you plop down your hard earned cash.
To explain it another way: Take two well accepted speakers in the 5k price class. Both speakers people rave about how good they sound and both speakers are loved. These two different speakers will both sound very good but different. You're the only one who can decide which one is the one for you.
Then you have to take into account room acoustics. If you haven't it's money well spent, let me assure you. If you spend 4k on speakers and 1k on room treatment you will have a better sound than the guy who drops a pair of 5k speakers in the same room. Odds are way high in favor of this scenario so please put the room acoustics into account to. Hope this helped. Cheers