Warm romantic & detailed


Good morning Gentlemen & ladies... 

I'm just starting to toy with idea of replacing my Focal 1038's... No matter how I treat my room, or what equipment I throw at it I just can't seem to tame the harsh highs on this speaker. 

I'd like to stay in the same price range of the Electra's (7/8k), I don't mind buying used, the musts for me at this point are: Warm, romantic, yet detailed... It would be beautiful to just sit and listen and not have ear fatigue after 15 minutes of listening. 

Can you please recommend something? 
jeffinnh76
@donquichotte 

@ jjss491 : wow! You have 9 pairs of speakers, 8 of which are interesting to me! Could you please share what models of Spendor, Harbeth and Proac do you own? I own a pair of Spendor Sp2/3R2, some Harbeth M30.2 Anniversary and I'm considering some Proacs so I'd really love to take advantage of your considerable experience in form of some advises and comparisons. Would you agree to help me here a bit, please? Thanks!
@everybody else, especially OP: please let me know if you feel this would derail the thread too much so I can move this discussion to PM environment should this be the case.


in deference to the op and his asking for input on his pursuit, i suggest you and i take this off line - just pm me
Quote OP    "Warm, romantic, yet detailed"

These are of course just words and mean different things to different people.  But I think the combination may be unattainable and suggest a tighter focus on the sound OP really wants.

Any decision is likely to be a wrong step unless a good number of speakers are auditioned in OP's room with OP's system and OP's chosen music - I agree with Duckworp on the latter.  Few speakers.excel on all kinds of music; and those few are six-digit expensive.

Tough to arrange, but the only way.


Again I will recommend the Aerial 7T’s. Stereophile A rated speakers. Not many in this price range are. These may be harder to find but worth it. Google the speakers and you will find the Stereophile review. In my view these would check all your boxes.
Try some PSB Speakers

Just added some PSB 800"s to my rotation.
Wow! Hours upon hours of warm luscious spacious detailed enough sound!
I cant wait now to get in front of my system.