Short List of the Best 20K Speakers


I'm looking to pickup a pair of pre-owned speakers that originally sold in the twenty thousand dollar range and can be had for around half that today. I currently own Revel Studios. I love them but want something that can go below 20 hz while still maintaining all the goodness these speakers provide. I've already heard and liked Dynaudio C4, Revel Ultima Salons (original) and Eggleston Andra II's. It's hard to get a real feel for what they sound like in your home with your equipment. Curious to hear from people who have owned or auditioned any of these. Also feel free to add any you would like to recommend. My amp is a Krell FPB600c. My room is unfortunately a 20' square with 8' ceilings. I have echobusters placed all over to keep the soundwaves from pretending to be pinballs in a pinball machine.
sg69
A second vote for the Verity Parsifal Ovation and two REL B-2 sub-based systems. That combo is pushing the upper $20K range if purchased new.
In my case the bass response improved not by replacing speakers, but with a new set of amps! Getting a good performing amp is very important to get the most out of the speakers. I was so satisfied with the bass performance I even got rid of the Velodyne DD-12 subwoofer that I was using.
A room 20 foot square is smallish? Not ideal to be square but by most standards that is a very big room.

I'm with Shadorne, I think you lust after something that is unobtanium. It is inconceivable to me that with your room you are going to find a full range speaker and a placement in that room that will give you everything from 20Hz on up. If you optimize them for very deep bass everything else will be screwed up. At some point you have to learn to live the limitations of your situation. The only possible solution with your room is a sub that you place in the ideal location to augment the very bottom or consider some digital room correction, which by the way is getting very good.

You say you really like the speakers you have, and according to specs they do 30 Hz, and since there is very little below that (unless you are doing home theater) you are chasing a ghost. A speaker that will do solid bass below 40Hz is very satisfying for almost all music. I suspect you have some imbalance in the room or upgrade fever that is causing you to miss what the Revels you have are capable of.