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Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation

Looking to upgrade from my current Rogers LS3/5a + AB1 REL 328 setup .  While I love the smooth mids of these speakers (especially on voices/acoustic instruments), I tend to play harder music more frequently (alt/rock/punk/etc) which these do not excel at. I like to play music loud and have a real world living room my system is in (cathedral ceiling, open on one side, many windows. couch between my speakers) so setup is a challenge. I hate harsh sounding speakers.

My current playback system consists of a Oppo-BDP105 (or primarily Roon/JRiver via Ethernet) into a PS Audio DirectStream Jr DAC > Conrad Johnson Premier 14 Tube Pre > Conrad Johnson MF2500a Amp.  All run by a PS Audio P5 with a combination of Nordost/Shunyata cabling.

Looking to spend around $4,000-$7,000 but could be flexible. Used or new is fine.

Currently considering:

PSB Imagine T3
Vandersteen Trio CT
Spendor D7
Mangepan 3.7i (don't think this will work with high SPL)
Endeavor Audio E-3
Revel F208
Golden Ear Triton 1
Dynaudio Excite X44

Any other speakers I should be considering based on my equipment, volume preference and music? Anything I should eliminate?

Looking forward to hearing everyone's opinions & thank you in advance
fdemello
randyhat
156 posts
 
"I think you’re dooing a mistake here Instead making a list of short options and start to eliminate some choices ,you are expanding it more and more"

I agree...but it happens frequently here.  Someone can post a list of 1000 speakers they are considering and invariably someone will find a couple more they should add to the list.  We are all just trying to help but it is easy to overload yourself with data.
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tomic601
12,927 posts
 
Get some heavy cardboard and make a BIG baffle front for the LS 35a..... that will help you get an idea about all the xxx you are missing !
mostly kidding
research good, listening better
thanks also for sharing your journey and process with us
good on ya !

itzhak1969
515 posts
 
I recommend you to start audition the short list bellow and continue from there:

PSB Imagine T3
Vandersteen Trio CT
Spendor D7
Proac Studio 148
Revel F208

All are fine speakers and seems like a safe bet. 
ctsooner
2,480 posts
 
Probably a good list.  I won't go in order, but my impressions of these speakers (yes pretty familiar with all of them).

Hot high end.  Cant' listen to Rock that was not recorded properly as my ears burn.  Lot's of thump in the bass.  Pretty reveiling.

Sweet sounds with very little imagining or sound stage.  No true detail

A nice speaker that can be peaky, but it does more good than bad.  Hard to rock out on as it doesn't move too much air in the room.

Huge sound stage and nice imaging.  Very detailed, but still a bit veiled.  Dynamic, but needs to be played at loud levels to achieve this.  Moves decent air, but not the most tuneful.  Overall a very good speaker

Best of the bunch.  Most detailed, will be truthful to the recording, but the smoothest highs on the bunch by a country mile.  Tight tuneful bass.  Most dynamic with no smearing.  Will move enough air for all types of music.

Basically, the poster gave a set of speakers that all sound very different and behave very differently from each other in a room depending on boundaries...

fdemello OP
80 posts
 
Hoping Pete sends me the translation table. Only know one for sure:

Vandersteen Trio CT -  Best of the bunch


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