Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

Living in a New York apartment, the idea of trading into and out of speakers has not appealed to me...too much lifting, too much hassle,not enough time. About 2 1/2 years ago, I started looking for speakers to replace my Sehring S703s through all the dealers I could find in the NY/NJ area. The only speaker I heard that really blew my socks off as a major step up from Sehring was the Kaiser Kawero Classic. However, it is a really big speaker made for really big rooms, so would not work for me.

I ended up finding the distributor for Ascendo and went to hear the C8 Renaissance at Audio 202 in New Jersey. They sounded very good, but I saw in the corner of the showroom a tall, narrow speaker, the Behold Tanara. The dealer set them up for me. They were as good as the Kaisers but smaller and less pricey. They are driven by a Behold G192 integrated amp/DAC. I got a good deal on the speakers and amp, sold all my separates, so that the upgrade only cost about $10K. For the last 18 months, my setup has been awe inspiring to me and anyone who has visited to listen. These are my last speakers. For anyone in the New York who likes Coincident, Acoustic Zen, or some of the other usual candidates, go listen to a Behold system. They are either massively underappreciated, or I have a fetish for German speakers.

Having lived in Deutschland several decades I can testify than when the Germans get something right ,they get it REALLY right.
And vice-versa.

In having purchased and gone through more speakers than I can and care to remember, here's a few that captured the heart.

Infintiy: Infinitesimals, Qa, Qe
Dynauido: Where do I start, all that I have an heard.
VMPS: RM40
ADS: 710, 810

Not to say that these are the best or worst, just a few of my favorites.

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Just picked up a thoroughly operational, albeit mildly cosmetically challenged pair of these from a fellow A'gon and "other" site member for $1050. Getting them out of his house and into my house was something of an adventure since they weigh 150 pounds apiece. During this transit the base of one speaker popped off without any damage to be concerned about, so I simply elected to remove the other one as well. I measured how high the bases supported the columns and simply replaced them with isolation blocks. "Nuff said...
As reviewed and as discussed on various inter-web sites, these are truly a remarkable pair of loudspeakers. (25hz - 25khz response and 90db efficient.) Currently I am driving them with a pair of Musical Fidelity M1 PWR amps through an Audio Research LS preamp, and I have been impressed every time I listen. (The MF M1 PWRs are 200 into 4 ohms) I also have a Pass Labs X150.5 which I will be swapping in this weekend.
My fave speakers through the years, and still to this day, have been Thiels and Magnepans. Now these. These are similar in many respects to either, but with better resolution at low listening levels. If you come across them anywhere, buy them.

Agree Jd_df, I sometimes miss the ADS L810s I lived with for 20 years. They were my first and worst trade on the "upgrade path."