Economical full-range floor-standing speaker options?

Some say spec’s don’t tell whole story, this is certainly true.

However, my perspective is this... we wouldn’t buy other gear that couldn’t reproduce the full audible range accurately, why should speakers be different.
Looking at each component in the chain, why do some people exempt speakers from being fully capable in this regard? Can you imagine a gear manufacurer excusing peaks, dips and shortcomings in their response saying, "frequency response and extention measements don’t matter much". The foundational goal of speaker manufacturers should be complete and accurate sound reproduction - same as with any other gear. Let the user change tone to their liking with gear controls later if they wish; otherwise, the user could be left trying to get something the speaker can’t provide. This is why I look for linear full-range response first, because it seems no less nessessary for speakers than any other gear in the system - shortcomings from anywhere in the chain have equal impact on performance. Why carry perfection through, only to be lost at the final link?

we wouldn’t buy other gear that couldn’t reproduce the full audible range accurately, why should speakers be different.

Cost.  Size/Room constraints.  This is why the Good Lord created the subwoofer. 

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you have a good list of speakers to consider - there are many others worth considering too

we don’t know what your room is like... what constraints on set up? what musical tastes?  what associated gear?

also, there are many truly excellent speakers that produce wonderful music but not the lowest octave... as soix said subwoofers added to those transform the sound to be absolutely top notch

how do we tell you what you will like?

When did $3000 become 'affordable'?

Jump on Spatial M3s ASAP sport.