Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

When you flip wives your behavior may be morally questionable but it's okay to get tired of your speakers! Ultimately you must look to music rather than equipment. In 1963 or so I attended one of AR's live versus recorded concerts using AR3 speakers. I could not tell the difference! Now if they had used a concert band instead of a lone guitarist it would have been easier, though AR could duplicate the trick with a string quartet. So get a well-restored pair of AR3s! Nah. Basically you can either go for a speaker that is 'transparent',lacks all the usual distoritions,or a speaker that favors the kind of music you like. No speaker is perfect; everything has a signature. A lot of people find good panel speakers (Quad, Magnepan) enjoyable over the long haul (especially in a long room!) Really good British boxes(Rogers, Spendor, Harbeth, certain KEFs and BWs) can be that way too. Big Infinities or Genesis can be nice if you still have hearing above 10Khz. But looking for a perfect speaker is misguided. The perfect speaker for your ears and your music will not be the perfect speaker for mine, and besides our tastes evolve. If I were a rich man I would have a harem (speakers, not wives!)

I just purchased a pair of Dahlquist D-10 with full upgrades by Regnar and also apair of Watkins. The watkins have trully amazed me. I was planning on selling one or the other and its hard, I believe Ill keep the watkins. Trully a excellent sounding sppeaker, just large in hieght and width.

Magneplanar and Apogee

I just heard a new set of 2Cs yesterday (through a Bryston b135sst) and fell in love.

My next, and final, speaker for sure.

The Gallo 3.5 is a keeper. It's a champion. The 3.1 isn't far off.