Ok, so here is my suggestion and they are all good suggestions by the way but each suggestion comes without having heard most or any of the others including mine so here goes. I just sold my B and W 702 s2 speakers and as others have mentioned, B and W are very detailed speakers; they spoiled me, and I had a hard time giving them up, but one of my dream speakers came up at an insane price from a dealer and I could not resist.
Four weeks ago I took delivery of the Legacy Focus XD. Price range is just over 10K to 14K depending on the version and finish. The XD Version includes a 750 watt amp tp power the woofers leaving the rest for a bi-amp configuration (that is what I did) or to run the entire speaker. With 2, 12 inch woofers down to 18hz, 2 midrange drivers and 2 ribbon tweeters......Now, repeat all of that for the second speaker. I mean when I first turned them on and listened to the maiden voyage recording it was like OMG, we were actually laughing; the difference between a really good speaker and moving up to the next level is quite dramatic.
I suggest reading the "over the top" and I do mean "over the top" reviews of this speaker and company. One of the reviews did mention the magnepan speakers and talked about how the surface area of all these drivers in the legacy made the focus xd a very comparative speaker to that experience; which I thought to be very interesting. As to making you feel like you were in the room or hall..... I agree with the earlier comment on that...... nothing is going to TRULY give you that sensation but for the first time ever I was questioning that aspect a bit with these speakers and on one recording in particular, I was saying this exact thing; that I was in the hall. It took a pipe organ piece by e.power biggs to do it but holy crap, I am f’ing amazed. So there you have it.
Is this my final forever speaker? Could be but the next step up in the legacy family is about 20K. Lets see what happens in about 5 years
Four weeks ago I took delivery of the Legacy Focus XD. Price range is just over 10K to 14K depending on the version and finish. The XD Version includes a 750 watt amp tp power the woofers leaving the rest for a bi-amp configuration (that is what I did) or to run the entire speaker. With 2, 12 inch woofers down to 18hz, 2 midrange drivers and 2 ribbon tweeters......Now, repeat all of that for the second speaker. I mean when I first turned them on and listened to the maiden voyage recording it was like OMG, we were actually laughing; the difference between a really good speaker and moving up to the next level is quite dramatic.
I suggest reading the "over the top" and I do mean "over the top" reviews of this speaker and company. One of the reviews did mention the magnepan speakers and talked about how the surface area of all these drivers in the legacy made the focus xd a very comparative speaker to that experience; which I thought to be very interesting. As to making you feel like you were in the room or hall..... I agree with the earlier comment on that...... nothing is going to TRULY give you that sensation but for the first time ever I was questioning that aspect a bit with these speakers and on one recording in particular, I was saying this exact thing; that I was in the hall. It took a pipe organ piece by e.power biggs to do it but holy crap, I am f’ing amazed. So there you have it.
Is this my final forever speaker? Could be but the next step up in the legacy family is about 20K. Lets see what happens in about 5 years