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Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?

I realise that the music industry seems to care less and less about timbre, see
https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwII

But for me, without timbre music reproduction can be compared to food which lacks flavour or a modern movie with washed out colours. Occasionally interesting, but rarely engaging.

So my question is, what are your loudspeaker candidates if you are looking for a 'Technicolor' sound?

I know many use tube amps solely for this aim, but perhaps they are a subject deserving an entirely separate discussion.
cd318
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Dave or Tory (or both)
This post is not ridiculous, cd318 is expressing what many of us have experienced. Most speakers sound artificial regardless of what is fed to them. In my experience some speakers are capable of sounding like a human voice or acoustic instrument, some simply dont have that potential regardless of source, signal or eq. 
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twoleftears
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@spindrifterr Hang on to them, whatever you do!!  Rare, and the timbral presentation on more modern Proacs has changed.
fusian
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"Piano can either sound plain and two dimensional, or it comes alive as you get to hear all the tones and micro tones."

I think you mean OVERTONES, not MICRO TONES. Unless you really like listening to an out of tune honky-tonk piano.



fusian
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Ribbons and planars are very good, but take some getting used to, because of the lack of distortion that cone drivers have.

They definitely sound less "loud", which I imagine comes from the improved transparency and reduced distortions. Now that I am used to them, cones drivers sound very coloured in sound.

They do have a more realistic warmth, if the recording is "warm" sounding.
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