$2000 speaker help

Vandersteen IIe Signatures, great speakers.

Do you know what amp you will power them with yet or have any in mind? As you probably know some speakers need more power than others. So it would help to know the amp to give you any meaningful suggestions on speakers.

The Vandersteen's 2e that Macdadtexas said are great.

I heard the Paradigm Studio 60 and they were fantastic. They were driven by a inexpensive 50 watt Jolida tube amp. The combo sounded really good together. Those don't need much power either.

Another good one is the Dynaudio DM 3/7 floor standers right at $2000. Those would suit your musical taste in rock and electronic really well. They need more power than the Paradigms though so you might need more like 100 watt of solid state power to drive them well. I hope this helps!

Upstream is just as important.

>>11-17-11: Polk432
Upstream is just as important.<<

Not true.

Everything starts and revolves around the speakers.

I agree with the room/speakers being the most important. The Vandersteens are an excellent recommendation. But..., ultimately I prefer used Thiel 3.5's. The only caveat is that the Thiels prefer more expensive amplification. Not to worry, for roughly about $2500 for both speakers and amplification, you could have the basis for a system that (unless you need very loud bass), won't need a sub woofer, and would cost many times that amount to improve upon.