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Best value Bookshelf speaker

I'm trying to decide which bookshelf speaker to acquire. I just purchased a Bob Carver Dominator 8 Sub which seems good. Will hook it up to an old Audio Research D90 and SP-12 pre-amp (tube/SS hybrids). I have a pair of JSE floor speakers that have Dynaudio drivers and have always loved them, but now are too big for my new room- it's a marriage thing!

I've listened to Dynaudio Focus and Vienna Acoustic Haydns and both sounded nice. The VA salesperson said he did head to head comp w/Dynaudio and the VA's were superior.

Any thoughts from anyone?

Thanks.
jamesk58
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jgiacalo
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The VonSchweikert VR'1s are vastly superior to the VA Haydens. Once they are broken in - about 300 hours - they have uncanny imaging and detail, are very dynamic and have tight, articulate bass down to their limits. Very musical and also very revealing.
Once I heard them, the VAs weren't even in the running. So, I bought them and have had no regrets. They even out-image my VR$JRs.
racerx322
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try a pair of paradigm studio 20 or 40. both speakers are awesome.
lush
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Polk Audio LSi9. I still regret replacing mine for Totem's. Simply a stunning speaker which would make alot of people on this forum reconsider their idea's of "High End". The Polk's sound ALOT like the Krell Resolution 3's.
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