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Higher Efficiency Speakers

I am going to start my quest for speakers. My room is 13.5x13.5 but open on two sides... so not an ideal space. But never the less this is what I have to deal with.  I have a set of Vandersteen 2ce Sig ii but would like to upgrade. Was thinking about something horn. But seems when you go that route it gets way out of my price range.  Thought maybe look around for some Used Vandersteen Quattro CT but budget starts to stretch at that point. Like to stay under $10,000. What would be good speakers to look for to demo? If my room was alittle bigger.  I’d almost go the other way, and look at Small Maggie’s and Monostrap my amps.
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Atma-sphere M60
Atma-sphere UV-1 ( Probably the most Modded. Will be at the end of the month. Lol) 
Bel Canto Dac

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wrm0325
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Second keeping Decware in your sights, but a different model:

http://www.decware.com/newsite/HDT.html

I've had my pair since 2004, and have never looked back. Drive them w/ a Decware SE84CS from 2004. Most musically engaging set-up I have ever heard.

Had SS driven Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage w/ Rel Stadium lll sub prior to that, and didn't miss it a bit.

The HDT's are world class.


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soundsrealaudio
756 posts
 
Lots of speaker to choose from and some are good sounding. The important thing is to keep your amp set up the way it is. Simpler is better, lots of speakers will work just fine.
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cal3713
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I'm intrigued by those Pure Audio Project sets.  Even that big Quintet with 4 15" woofers is under $10k... and decent at 96db sensitivity.
fdottore
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VON SCHWEIKERT VR-35 MkII speakers, under $7k factory direct, 90db efficient and designed to be placed right up against the rear wall (as close as 3").
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stereo5
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fdottore……………………

I had a pair of the Von Schweikert VR33 which are the same but with the lesser quality crossover and not set up for bi-wiring.  One of the worst speakers I ever owned.  I got sucked in by the ad that a 3750.00 speaker sounds as good as a 15,000 pair, and also because Greg Weaver who I respect as a reviewer gushed all over them.  In my living room, 5 inches from the wall, there was absolutely NO bass, nada, nothing.  I moved them and the furniture all over the living room and yet the bass was not there.  This was after having lived with a pair of Vandersteen 2ce sig speakers for a few years.  My non audiophile wife remarked on many occasions if I had turned the bass off.  I kept them for a year and found myself not listening to the system at all, preferring to listen to my office system upstairs instead.  I finally sold them for 1400.00 at a huge loss and bought GE Triton Ones and the bass was back.  I liked the GE speakers so much that when the Triton References came out I bought a pair of them and moved the Triton Ones upstairs to my office system.

The funny thing is the guy I sold the Von Schweikerts to LOVED them and gave me a personal call, thanking me for selling them to him.  Go figure.
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