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Speaker suggestions under 4k

Well here it is. I sold my Tekton Double Impacts and my Lyngdorf 2170 a while back. I thought it sounded very good! I was getting out of audio and wasn't listening much anymore. Well..... now winter is here, I'm bored and have the itch to get something descent again. 
I like rock/metal/bluegrass/ acoustic/ some country. I need impact and good midbass and low fatigue. I have a Crown DCI 4/300 and a upgraded Jolida Fusion preamp at the moment. Plenty of power for almost anything. 

My biggest pet peeve is cabinets that start talking at high levels or when the sound hardens at high levels. 

Willing to drive up to 300miles 1 way for the right deal and I am in West Mi. A little older does not bother me at all. I've just started looking and a few I've been eying are:
Aerial LR5 or Model 9
Dali MS4
LSA 20 statements (new)
KEF 205/2
Dynaudio Focus 360

Any others anyone feels I should keep an eye out for in this price range? 

Thanks
mofojo
drjoed
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Well I have owned a lot of high quality audio equipment over the last 40 years and there is much I do not know. One thing I do know for sure is that speakers are a very personal perception and no two people hear the same. That said, the room also has a major impact on speaker sound and presentation. I live in SW Michigan and some time ago I consigned two pair of speakers to Misfitz Audio in GR. One pair of Klipsch Palladium P17Bs (light oak) in very good condition (with stands) and one pair of B&W CDM 9NT in rosewood in mint condition. At this point I have not talked with the owner in many months but last time we spoke they had not sold and COVID was making life difficult. Not sure if the store is even still in existence but there are two great pair of speakers you could actually listen to!
Joe D’
mofojo OP
2,288 posts
 
Ahh small world. I demoed the P17b speakers at Misfitz months ago! Lol. Bought a pair of Klipsch Chorus 2s from them as well several years ago. Cool little shop. 

My Pioneers are coming the 16th. 
drjoed
3 posts
 
Well I have owned a lot of high quality audio equipment over the last 40 years and there is much I do not know. One thing I do know for sure is that speakers are a very personal perception and no two people hear the same. That said, the room also has a major impact on speaker sound and presentation. I live in SW Michigan and some time ago I consigned two pair of speakers to Misfitz Audio in GR. One pair of Klipsch Palladium P17Bs (light oak) in very good condition (with stands) and one pair of B&W CDM 9NT in rosewood in mint condition. At this point I have not talked with the owner in many months but last time we spoke they had not sold and COVID was making life difficult. Not sure if the store is even still in existence but there are two great pair of speakers you could actually listen to!
Joe D’
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millercarbon
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I will back up on the Tekton subject. Loud volumes I thought they hardened up some. Lost coherence. Pretty damn loud mind you. I thought this was my room and very well could have been.

If my Moabs are anything to go by, it wasn't the speakers. 

Shouldn't be a problem with the Pioneer either. At only 89dB you'll never be able to get them to play loud anyway.
mofojo OP
2,288 posts
 
Maybe with their much super engineering and drivers they will. Honestly dude there is something f ing wrong with you. 
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