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Time to move UP, speaker-wise...

My vandersteen 2ci’s dropped dead after a couple decades of sweet service. Over the past year, I’ve had mixed success with a pair of reference premier Klipsch speakers, but now I’m wanting something a far more subtle, perhaps a touch more sweet, and definitely able to reveal more sound-field information. Perhaps I’m being redundant... I’ve been intrigued by the open baffle concept and I’ve read some reviews on Spatial Audio products as well as Tekton’s open baffle offering. There are fans of the spatial, and then I discovered there are people that are blown away by the Tekton open baffle design. Tekton is also running a special on the Electron SE @$3000, which I feel inclined to try... Another area of interest is the Ohm speaker lineup... can any of you speak to them, and particularly how they compare to Klipsch Heritage speakers, or open baffle designs, or Tekton's...?

I have to say, I’m die-hard for the musical information, for the layers of musical fabric. Wolf_garcia claims the heresy III is the best $1500 he ever spent, in a discussion addressing open-baffle designs, among others, and so I’m wondering where to put my bills... What should I check out? It’s time to move up. I’m thinking $3300 is about my limit... I’m running 80 watts per channel from the nuforce sta200, a schitt saga pre, Cambridge transport.
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coachpoconnor
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I also still own a Nuforce sta 200 and Schiit Saga. Zu Audio has a pair of Druid Mark lV speakers for $2499.00. I think they would be a nice match.
willgolf
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Investigate PureAudioProject speakers.

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tomic601
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Vandy since 1977 and still going strong!
enjoy your quest and the music!!!!

sbrownnw
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ProAc
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saleh84
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If only you had a relatively higher budget, i would say check out Cube audio speakers. 
I have experienced many speakers in my setup, changing brands and increasing the amount I'm spending every time hoping to get satisfied; from focal aria 936, to German physiks unlimited, to Wilson audio Sabrina, Kef reference 5s, until recently i switched to a Cube audio Nenuphar after hearing it over few months at a friend's house. Now that's it my own setup at last, i can say I have found my dream speaker that does everything i always wanted from a speaker. Bags of Details and information, very natural, realistic sounding (having no cross over does wonders), highly efficient that i could power it with a SET amp (on the way to replace my gryphon diablo 300), emotional level connection is very high despite its ability to reveal crazy details and layers. Give Cube audio room a visit next exhibition, you would be amazed. There are smaller models, doesn't have to be the nenuphar by the way.
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