Own many mid-game speakers or a few end-game speakers.

Buddy, come over to the dark side, where for the price of a pair of Wilsons you can have built and tried 10 pairs of speakers, learned a great deal, and maybe met interesting people in the ER room.

At some point in your audiophile career you will see how much money you are spending, while gaining little traction.  You are in effect paying a lot of money to learn things about your tastes and products and science and human perception.

Doing all of this, in addition to the pride of making things yourself, is done much better as a maker, than shopper.

Best,


Erik

I want the opposite with a great pair of super efficient speakers (think Klipsch Cornwall IVs) and many high-quality amps of different types. Low-power 300B, single-ended tube and solid state, monos, etc. As for your question? I'd go with the best sounding speaker I could afford. No substitute for accurate sound (at least, sound YOU like).

Not sure why audiophiles think <<big is better>> as in $$$$ speakers <<oh yeah nice big sound stage,,,and weight?>? well over 100 lbs. 
None of those criteria have been my objective choosinga  speaker, I reearched here back in the early 2000's and found the SEAS kit Thors,, been with me these past 17 yrs. Just upgraded xovers to Munorf,,might swap out a  EVO OIL SG 8.2 for a  Supreme EVO SGO,, thing is they are $220 each,,,most likely when i get caught up on paypal bill and sell my cayin tube cd player,,, most likely I will swap the 8.2. 
In the tweet section. 
So yeah, like the tweets were slightly off on the ohms, Richard said order new ones, i did, sound nearly identical to older Millenniums,,,that wasa  $700 upgrade.
About to consider addinga  2nd set, Seas Bifrost,,maybe swap out the W18 Nextel fora  W22 Nextel,,,all depends on what xover designer says. 
So yeah, you really don't need to spend mega $'s on a  world class speaker. 
Bigger sound  does not always  equate to <<high fidelity>> which is the goal of this hobby. \
How to acheive best bang for the buck.
Most of us do not have studio size listening rooms. 
Mine is 8x12, 8 ft ceiling. any speaker larger than this MTM is <,ridiculous>.

Wilsons


^^^^^
Would someone please help me to understand how that name became <<famous>> even popular mention  in the audiophile world?
Seems to me for every 1 vote <yeah> there are 2 votes <nay> for Wilson. 
Is that lab still in business after all these years?  Sorry I don't keep up with <,the latest>> 
I'm old school, = <new kids on the block> no matter how fancy dressed up in commercial garb, never drew in my interest. 
I'm old school, = old world labs is my interest. 

i prefer variety

different speakers and systems are like a different lens on the world of music, some more suited to some music than others - i have different setups in different rooms, in two homes, a main home and a second one i am lucky to have

it takes some work to switch and swap but i enjoy doing it, enjoy the process of dialing in a new setup

i prefer variety in other aspects of life too... food wine cars live music events art

beauty, artistic inspiration, and memorable experiences come in many forms