Dynaudio x38’s

Look at the Focals. I’ve got a pair of 1008be2’s that I powered with the Cronus magnum KT 88, lovely sound bass slam with wonderful highs. Used a pair will go for under your budget. 

Thanks for the tip on the focals, I may audition some.

There are some really nice looking focus 340's for sale here on the gon.  Do you think my Cronus magnum would have any trouble driving them?

I heard a pair of Dynaudios auditioned with a Line magnetic kt88. Sounded fine I didn't hear any issues.
At that price you could probably flip them if you didn't like them.

That's kind of what I was thinking.   2K for the used 340's as opposed to 4K for the new x38...  I have heard good things about the focus 340 and I know they have a sensitivity of 87db as opposed to 88db for the x38.  The driver configuration is pretty much the same from what I can tell.

The problem with the 340’s is voicing...Up until the revised Focus/Excite lines the voicing of pretty much all Dyn’s was a slight bump in the lower midbass/upper bass resulting in a touch more warmth & bass slam..The newer voicing is closer to nuetral,especially in the bass/midbass & IMO have a noticeable improvement in low level detail retrieval,possibly due to the new tweeter coating process...If I had your budget & electronics I would buy a pair of Special 40's & stands & never look back...