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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
fdemello OP
80 posts
 
After getting everyone's feedback, doing my research and considering other factors - I have narrowed down the list of brands I am considering to a more manageable group below:

Vandersteen
ProAc
Magnepan
Thiel
Golden Ear
Revel
Spatial

Some models only used due to cost

Now to listen where possible
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bache
527 posts
 
The Tritons is the best speakers on the planet
ctsooner
2,480 posts
 
Bache, really?  How could one ever make a statement like that and be taken seriously?  There is no one best.  Not even close.  I guess you don't buy into posts that say that we all hear differently.  I'm not putting the speaker down at all. I personally feel the Vandy 7 mk 2 is the top speaker I"ve heard, but many other would disagree and some would agree.  Others love Magico's and Wilsons.  Rock ports are well liked and respected too.  I'm sure you were just posting tongue in cheek. ;)  All good.

Nice list as you will get a lot of different sounds there.  NONE sound even similar to my ear.  
gdnrbob
4,452 posts
 
I will have to disagree with ctsooner on buying from smaller enterprises, as well as considering resale values.
Though everyone would like to have their purchases not depreciate. I think it is an unrealistic way to buy equipment (or anything for that matter).
You should buy what you like and enjoy. If it comes from a small manufacturer, then you understand that they may not be around forever.

Way back I purchased a pair of Tamanton Homonyms, they were nearly identical to the Vandy 2's soundwise. I even met the designer and his family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn- way before gentrification.
Long story short, he decided to get out of the stereo business. 
Those speakers were nice for their time and I eventually got rid of them, but I don't really feel I lost much, either monetarily or enjoyment-wise.
Even if I got the Vandy's, I wouldn't have reaped a financial windfall.
YMMV
Bob
ctsooner
2,480 posts
 
Bob, what if you kept the speakers for a long time and you blew a driver?  The money you'd get back would be zero as you most probably could never get them fixed properly.  When purchasing components at or above the 10k mark, I don't want to take that chance.  Again, that's me.  I had a DAC that was a 9k DAC.  I bought it used for less than half that and was lucky to be able to sell it for a bit more, but the owner is getting older and probably only will be around for another two years at most and if so, then there will be no one who can work on his products as the design is not the norm.  There may be someone who can.  I get that a great tech should be able to figure it out and replace a component, but what if it got wiped out (seen that happen and thank goodness he was around to rebuild it).  

Like I said, there are some outstanding components from smaller companies, but it is just a larger crap shoot I guess you could say.  That's all.
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