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How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present

Hi, 
Sometimes when I dream, imagining of replacing my current 1997 Burmester 961 speakers, before maybe COVID19 is sending me to an early grave - I'm practically only stumbling on ugly often even like somehow crippled looking speaker creations.
Test will say, sounding fantastically gorgeous and - looking like 💩. 
This, or par tout looking like some or other children's coffin ⚰. 😥👻

Not for the life of it, can I imagine ever having some such 'creation' invading my daily living space. Ever.

Talking 'bout a BAD WAF situation, I say.

Some makers are trying to improve on this tragic situation with creations looking far too anatomical or something alien👾 fruit thing hanging off a tree... handle an' all. 

Is there no hope out there at all...? 🤔

So can one savely move on forgetting about a replacement, still in this here life, and saving the money 💰 ?

Well, the budget <= max 20k $ lets say, so I won't risk starving before the lockdown will end ever. 😱 

😘 M. 🇿🇦 
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justmetoo OP
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@davisbryant

Almost completely agree with your take/tast. My only 🤔 caveat (these days...) is their predominant use of drivers like having cermaic membrane and metal dome tweeters. 
Looks and make/quality are right up my alley 😍!
As for the Rowland gear - great - ! so long its not class D... 🙄
Ever so picky, eh? 
☺ Michélle 🇿🇦 
davisbryant
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No class D here! An older Model 112, all AB power. I much prefer the older sealed cabinet and Charles Hansen designed Avalon speakers. The older ones tend to use an aramid (kevlar or nomex) for the drivers and the tweeter can be replaced with a ceramic one direct from Avalon
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@davisbryant

Sounds all good, what else can I say? 😉

So far the best looking and I'm sure sounding alternative to my current gear. 

Now I'll see if these day-dreams will concur - and strong enough to talk to my savings. 😏

Avalon and Rowland gear. Can anyone object to that?
Maybe my pocketbook?
Anyone else? 🤔
Michélle 🇿🇦 
audioquest4life
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You know what they say, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", or something like that. How about the Classic Audio Loudspeakers T1.5 reference?

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/wLUn3cWwQ4ia3l5VSQ0kug.tu0JmA_ZGUk0EcicbVvGCb


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@audioquest4life

Holy mo!... Can not argue with the eye, nor the ear I guess, of the beholder. 

Or as they already agreed to say in the ancient times in Rome: "De gustibus non disputandum est!" 

And solong you also have the 💪 to move and set up these monsters. 🤗
Michélle 🇿🇦 
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