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Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com

Budget: under US$5000 and would prefer a price point of less than $3000/pair. The most expensive speakers I have owned so far are Polk RTi A7's, so this will be a big jump for me.

Purpose: music

Room: I tend to move every few years, so I don't want speakers that will work best only with very specific room conditions. Currently, I will be using these in a medium size room of about 22 feet x 18 feet. The room has carpet and window treatments.

Music sources: CD's, lossless music files stored on computer and MP3's when that's all I have available. I don't ahve any SACD's yet, but I plan on purchasing more high quality music once I have this system set up.

Music styles: acoustic, Indian classical (sitar, srangi, flute), alternative rock (Portugal. The Man, Sleeping with Sirens, etc.), older rock (e.g., Rush).

The speakers should sound good playing the Tanpura (aka Tambura). It is a classical Indian accompaniment instrument in the "drone" category. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanpura) Example of sound here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7tlqXix_eo
With bad equipment that sound is fatiguing to me. Live it is beautiful and relaxing. Hopefully I can find speakers that will do it justice.

Personal Preferences: I am looking for non-fatiguing, warm, musical qualities. In another discussion topic here on this forum, @mtrot and I agreed about "smooth, sweet, soft, silky treble" and "shimmery, airy cymbals" as goals.

Amplifier: Yamaha P5000S

DAC: to be determined, but probably something like the Teac NT-503

Finally, the speakers of choice must be sold on Amazon.com, Bestbuy.com (or possibly some other similar retail website). I have personal reasons for this limitation. It isn't always true that I will need to buy all my speakers or audio gear from one of these sites, but for the moment, it is a requirement. Please don't recommend anything that isn't available on one of these sites. Thanks.

lowoverdrive
yyzsantabarbara
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KEF LS50 wireless (active) and you are done.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=kef+ls...

Or

KEF LS50 passive like I own driven by Peachtree Nova 150. Amazing combo. 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=kef+ls...

https://www.amazon.com/Peachtree-Audio-Nova150-Amplifier-Piano/dp/B01FT0YRT0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&...

I use Audience SE speaker wire for the passive. I will never sell this system. It will move into a bedroom when I get a bigger system.
lowoverdrive OP
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FYI when someone posts an Amazon link with a tag=XXXXX-20 parameter, it is an affiliate link. That means they will get paid if you buy from that link.

@cheapbob I thought you were just trolling me until I saw the affiliate link. Definitely will not be buying anything you recommend.
yyzsantabarbara
4,801 posts
 
BTW - people who are stating that Amazon is no place to buy high end gear have not researched what is sold on Amazon. Some of the best speakers in the world are sold there. Take a closer look, but you will pay MSRP.
lowoverdrive OP
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I'm not here to promote Amazon (or BestBuy). I am not suggesting Amazon is an ideal place to buy high end audio gear.

I came here to get answers to a specific question, and I have gotten a lot of good answers. I appreciate all of those. That's going to help me make a more informed purchase on Amazon or BestBuy this time around.

I don't know much about audio gear. But I know relatively much more about Amazon. Having a debate about Amazon (in another thread) could be worthwhile. (I probably won't participate.) But it is unfortunate that many of the people offering opinions about Amazon in this thread clearly don't have their facts straight. A worthwhile debate about the pros and cons of Amazon might be educational and useful. But when people conflate Amazon.com corporate with independent third party merchants, as was done time and again in this thread, all that does is misinform the reader. I'm well past that stage of understanding Amazon, and I am well aware of Amazon's many pitfalls, so all these opinions have no influence on me. I'm here to learn about speakers and other audio gear. Thanks

lowoverdrive OP
169 posts
 
@yyzsantabarbara - Yes, that's another valid point. One will often pay retail or above retail when shopping for certain products on Amazon.

It's absolutely ignorant to say that the independent third party merchants selling on Amazon.com, who often operate local brick and mortar stores, who are authorized dealers, who know their products, and who sell at retail are guilty of all the supposed evils mentioned earlier in this thread.

I don't have an interest in countering all those earlier incorrect or misinformed statements. I'm also not interested in debating the pros and cons of Amazon's business practices on Audiogon. (If I wanted to do that, there are better forums for it. And if I were participating in one of those discussions, it is very unlikely that I would be defending corporate Amazon or their platform.)

However, I'll try to stick to what I'm here for -- learning about speakers. I'm definitely not promoting Amazon.

The title of THIS thread is "Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com". I've been pretty clear about that.

If anyone wishes to start a NEW, separate discussion on the topic of "What's wrong with buying high end audio gear on Amazon?" or "Where is the best place to buy high end audio gear?" maybe that could be useful. However, I didn't ask those questions.
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