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Retiring my Green Mountain Audio Continuum 3s for Stand Mount Speakers

As the title says, I'm looking for stand mount replacements for my venerable and much loved GM Continuum 3s. I'm moving from a 19' by 21' room to a 12' by 16' room. The GM C3s are very imposing and having a hard time integrating themselves into the small room. I really don't want to make a lateral or downward move in my new speaker choice, but I'm limited to speakers that are not larger than Harbeth's HL5plus speakers, for instance; have a natural "Art Dudley"—esque presentation, and perfect WAF.  I have had Spendor 1/2es which were nice. These parameters, are vague, I suppose, but a starting point. I am also buying used with a $5k± budget.  Any recommendations?
gary7m
stampy
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Well, I'm going to be hounded off the forum, but I'm starting a speaker company with two standmount 3-ways inspired by the Spendor 2/3 and the Sp100 (sort of).  But they won't be ready for 3 months minimum.

Speaker 1 will use a 8 inch ceramic woofer with a soft mid dome and ring dome tweeter, no 2 will be a 9.5 inch standmount 3 way with a 6 inch woven poly midrange.

All speakers will be acoustic suspension which are nice when you're in a smaller room.

I've had a speaker company 20 years ago and I do like Dudleyeqsue speakers.
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tom6897
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Check out the reviews of the Evolution Acoustics mmMicro ones. Let me know if you are interested. I am looking to upgrade to their larger series. 
trytone
113 posts
 
REG and his followers are fond of the Stirling Broadcast LS 3/6. Send me a PM if you want to talk about buying my pair.
mcanaday
169 posts
 
See the December 2017 review of the Watkins Stereo Generation 4 speaker in Absolute Sound.  Sounds like they might be just the ticket!
Margot
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nrenter
766 posts
 
What about one of the GMA stand mount (Eos) variants? I know Roy has some interesting things in the works. You may desire a small sub to augment the low end. Give him a call. 

If you stay diligent, you may find a set of Vandersteen Treos (or maybe even a set of Quatros) close to your budget. No, they aren’t stand-mount options but they are narrow speakers and will maintain them the same sound profile as the GMA line. 
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