Looking for All-a-round speaker $3k range

second the Legacy/VMPS idea, I own VMPS and my father has the Legacy speakers, mine are the FF3 SRE, and his are the Focus 20/20....both would serve you very well.

I agree with Mahandave here. I too am a *big* Merlin fan and find them excellent two-way speakers... That said, for Rock and the like, Legacy Audio indeed would be a good place to start. If you have a large room, you may be able to find some original Legacy Focus speaker (not the 20/20 model) for under 3K. If your room is medium sized, some used Legacy Signature IIIs will do nicely.

---Dave

Run, don't walk to buy the Merlin's on audiogon (if you have heard the speaker). I have the MX's and love them. Another suggestion would be the Vandersteen 3A's.

At your price point I think you should really try to hear the new Consonance Eric Grande speakers. I downsized my system from Von Schweikert VR4 HSE III to these Consonance Eric Grande and I can't believe how good they sound for the price and size. They list for $2800 new. I also listen to everything and don't want speakers that only shine on one genre of music. Good luck and I hope you can audition several of the suggestions.

I was thinking about the title "All around" not the specifics of the post. I agree that if you want a pop/rock sound there may be other choices. Vandy 3Asigs with a lot of current are a good "all-around" suggestion, but again, not really a pop/rock speaker. Von Schweikert 4jrs might be a good choice. Used would come in right under that #.