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Looking to upgrade floorstander speakers.

Hi,
I'm looking to upgrade my current speakers which are the Ascend Acoustic Towers with Raal tweeter upgrade ($2800.). Previous speakers were Dynaudio Focus 260. I use one sub and feel it's needed for both speakers. I thought perhaps a pair of speakers in the $7500 to $10000 would suffice.The Ascends are nice but I want to get to the next level. I want the sound to be somewhere in between live, detailed sounding and dark, warm sounding. Also, I must guard against too much boom with a larger woofer. My pre/power is the Conrad-Johnson ET5/LP70S combo. The power amp is an all tube design at 70w into 8 ohms. My room is relatively small at 13' deep x 18.5' wide. I am only able to have the speakers away from back walls no more than 2 feet. Side wall distance is fine. Speakers are 9 ft. apart with sitting distance around 9 ft. as well. I have some Roomtunes spead thruout the room located between ceiling and back/side walls. There are some pictures on walls for extra damping. The walls in general are fairly bare and I know there are some reflections affecting the sound. I do not have room to install panels, bass traps, etc. I'm pretty much stuck with what I have because of the space. I'm not picky about dynamic or electrostats, open baffle, etc. However, I've been using dynamic for quite some time. I don't get to audition other speakers at home so unfortunately I will have to buy the speaker before hearing it. I have auditioned some speakers at a local hifi store but their acoustics are much different than mine. 
I have considered Spendor D7/D9, Harbeth Super HL5, Martin Logan, Magnepan and others. Now lets have a discussion! Thanks.
routeman21
routeman21 OP
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thecarpathian,
While the Ascends are fine speakers I have had them for several years and am used to their sound and am ready to change to another speaker, preferably in a higher price range. I am a believer that a more costly speaker will bring you more refinement, musicality, truer timbre, etc. I'm not really in the dollar area yet where diminishing returns are a big factor so I think a $10000 can bring me more enjoyment.
Also, I'm experiencing some vocal sibilance with certain recordings. Perhaps a too reflective room might be the culprit as well but I believe there may be better tweeters out there even though the Raal gets some respect in the audio world.

bache,
Unfortunately, I am no position to travel to New York (Coronavirus or not) and pick up the speakers. I am just too busy with my life here in Pa. Thank you for the offer but if I chose to buy the Tribeca's, like anything else, I will be hearing them for the first time.
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thecarpathian
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Ah, thank you.
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bache
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routeman, i understand, we have to wait good time, if you did not find , what you looking for, may be in future , if you want to listen, let me know , and I can bring it  to you  just for listen .I have enough time, see what going on with Coronavirus 
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georgehifi
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routeman21 OP


Since you've heard and lived with that  Raal tweeter, there's no much that can come close to them in dynamic tweeters.
  
Suggest you look for similar box speakers with good quality ribbon tweeters like the Raal, or go for an Electrostatic hy-brid like the Martin Logan ESL-5a, 13a, 11a or 9 

Cheers George 
routeman21 OP
110 posts
 
georgehifi,
I can only place the speakers 2 ft. max away from the back wall (Room dimensions: 13 x 18.5 ft. ). Just looking at their dimensions I would think the 11a & 13a would be too large and the bass would be too boomy although I realize both models have bass gain dials. Maybe the 9 would work Your thoughts?
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