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Floorstanding towers

I'm currently in the market for some new towers and have a few I'm looking at but am open to suggestions. I have my ways on the monitor audio bronze or silver series and the Martin Logan motion 40. I have also heard and like paradigm monitor series speakers. They will be paired with a parasound halo integrated and vinyl as well as streamed music will be the main source of sound. im open to ideas on other speakers in the 2-3k range for the pair. 
chippy323
rackon
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Just completed a search for new tower speakers and will be purchasing GoldenEar Tritons (Three+, $2500 new). They are one of the stone cold bargains in audio.

I would also check out Vandersteen 2Ce Sigs mentioned above.We might vey well have jumped n those if we hdn't heard the Tritons/

Both the above sound great with all kinds of music well, throw big soundstages and would easily be driven by your integrated.

Both the Tritons and the Vandies are also more coherent the MLs - and have larger sweet spots.
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mihorn
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Kosst_amojan
I liked the Golden Ears I heard, but I think they err on the side of bright and forward which is rather typical of all AMT-type drivers.
Not all AMT drivers are bright and forward. It depends on speaker designer/builder's taste. Very few speaker builders know how to make speaker's sound forward or laid back (warm or bright, grain or smooth, dark or pleasant). Many doesn't know how.

rcprince
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Well, since you don't tell us the size of your room, I'll say that if you have a huge listening space there is a pair of Dunlavy SC-Vs for sale on this site in your price range that are among the world's finest, though their cosmetic condition is poor, as well as a nice pair of Dunlavy SC-IVs for below your budget.  Replacement drivers might be hard to get down the road, though, as Dunlavy is out of business due to the founder's death. As good as the other speakers mentioned in this thread are, I would take these speakers, had I enough room, they are classics.

 If your room is 10 feet by 10 feet, though, I'd suggest ditching the idea of towers and looking into a pair of stand-mounted monitors.  The room limitations would be too difficult to overcome with a full range tower speaker.  Hence my question about your room size (as well as your musical tastes).  While all of the speakers mentioned in this thread might be terrific in a system, they might not be a good match for a small room or the type of music you listen to.

bondmanp
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I was shopping in your price range about 8 years ago.  I ended up with Ohm Walsh 2000s ($2800/pr - Memorial Day sale is on now, I think).  My review is posted in the review section.  Just make sure your room size matches up with the recommended room size range on the Ohm web site.  120-day in-home trial.  Nothing, IME, beats a lengthy in-home trial.
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