KEF LS50 $1500 with lots of power and a sub
harbeth super HL5 5-10k
harbeth super HL5 5-10k
Speaker recommendation thread (Organised by tiers of price)
The aim of this thread is to create a list of speakers that people enjoy and recommend and to organise the speakers into a list based on their MSRP. Please recommend speakers that you have personally heard or own and enjoy. I will add the names of the users who recommend a speaker next to the speaker name (and if someone already recommended the speaker you had in mind please feel free to recommend it again because I will add your name as well).
Please feel free to include gear that was used to listen to your recommendation and some impressions (although you do not have to).
This list may be useful to new buyers to get a general sense of popular models to help guide what to audition during the purchase process.
[Under $1000]
[$1000-$5000]
[$5001-$10,000]
[$10,001-$20,000]
[$20,001-$30,000]
Pardigm Persona 9H @smodtactical
[$30,001-$50,000]
[$50,001-$70,000]
Magico M2 @smodtactical
[$70,001-$100,000]
[$100,001-$200,000]
[Over $200,000]
Please feel free to include gear that was used to listen to your recommendation and some impressions (although you do not have to).
This list may be useful to new buyers to get a general sense of popular models to help guide what to audition during the purchase process.
[Under $1000]
[$1000-$5000]
[$5001-$10,000]
[$10,001-$20,000]
[$20,001-$30,000]
Pardigm Persona 9H @smodtactical
[$30,001-$50,000]
[$50,001-$70,000]
Magico M2 @smodtactical
[$70,001-$100,000]
[$100,001-$200,000]
[Over $200,000]
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My favorite for overall best speaker for the money is a used pair of Avantgarde Trios. Average price used in mint condition is around $20K. There is a reason this speaker has been around relatively unchanged for the past 25 years. Most speakers on this list are in a perpetual state of upgrades and if they had gotten it right the first time around they would not be on the upgrade up-sell Merry-go-round. Also, folks who favor a particular speaker should comment on why the speaker stands above the rest. Briefly, what makes the Trios stand out (IMO) is: large wave launch so you do not need to play them at high volumes to get the dynamics right, super easy to drive with relatively inexpensive electronics thanks to 110 db efficiency and lastly they do not need to be in a big room (despite their relatively large size) to sound good because near-field listening is excellent. I'll leave it at that for now, but the magic is in how they seem get everything right and how, after 10 years of ownership I have no desire to part with them. |
USD $10,000 - 20,000 Lenehand Audio ML5, with full Duelund capacitors, Pathaudio resistors, Seas (with modified 4mm polished solid copper baffle) exotic tweeters, and proprietary sprung feet. 4mm sprung steel lined enclousure with 2" thick acoustic foam baffle. Hand made in Australia, and weigh nearly 180Lbs each. If you have Bose speakers, do not watch the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0axyHJYobk Hitler loses his Lenehan speakers. {for those with a sense of humor, at least as good as your hearing ;-) |
Haven't read every post, but seems no mention of Monitor Audio. I got the PL100II (list 5750) for half price here. Sound superb, and better than others I auditioned at full price at the time. Heard Paradigm 3h recently--that's a damn good speaker as well. The other ones I quite liked when searching around as the Aerial 5t: bright, clear responsive. Outperfomred Kef one and totem element fire--to my ears, at least. I have one of the audioengine desktop/computer sets--that's very good for just over 500. I had the Focal set and found it way overpriced--which I found with their bigger speakers as well. To each his/her own. |
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