Blade vs S5 vs Avior vs Hansen's Prince E's

News to me that Totem and Joseph Audio sell direct.

I've listened to the S5s and Aviors. My preference between the two is the S5s. I find the S5s more neutral and dynamic. They were in a different system, so it could have been the context of the system. I would look into Revel Studio 2s and/or Revel Salon 2s...both below 20K. There are no perfect speakers and there is always something better.

Fly into NY and you can hear my Blades and Scaenas at my shop, Audio Doctor in Jersey City NJ

You can hear the Avior and Magicos at Ears Nova in NYC and there is a Hansen dealer in Brooklyn.

Personally I have heard all the Magicos and I was never impressed, I havne't hear the new Aviors, they do look like they would be pretty darn good, the Hansens I havnen't heard in years, but the last time I heard a pair I wasn't amazed by them.

I would say that the Blades if you get them right sound more like a $70k plus speaker, then anything I have heard, they throw a huge soundstage, have superb dynamics and can produce very deep bass, the problem is two fold many dealers don't have the rooms which the speakers will work in or they don't have the right equipment, considering that the speakers use dual side firing woofers they affect room acoustics more than conventional designs with front facing woofers.

Fly into NY and you can hear my Blades and Scaenas at my shop, Audio Doctir, in Jersey City NJ

You can hear the Avior and Magicos at Ears Nova in NYC and there is a Hansen dealer in Brooklyn.

Personally I have heard all the Magicos and I was never impressed, I havne't hear the new Aviors, they do look like they would be pretty darn good, the Hansens I havnen't heard in years, but the last time I heard a pair I wasn't amazed by them.

I would say that the Blades if you get them right sound more like a $70k plus speaker, then anything I have heard, they throw a huge soundstage, have superb dynamics and can produce very deep bass, the problem is two fold many dealers don't have the rooms which the speakers will work in or they don't have the right equipment, considering that the speakers use dual side firing woofers they affect room acoustics more than conventional designs with front facing woofers.

Fly into NY and you can hear my Blades and Scaenas at my shop, Audio Doctir, in Jersey City NJ

You can hear the Avior and Magicos at Ears Nova in NYC and there is a Hansen dealer in Brooklyn.

Personally I have heard all the Magicos and I was never impressed, I havne't hear the new Aviors, they do look like they would be pretty darn good, the Hansens I havnen't heard in years, but the last time I heard a pair I wasn't amazed by them.

I would say that the Blades if you get them right sound more like a $70k plus speaker, then anything I have heard, they throw a huge soundstage, have superb dynamics and can produce very deep bass, the problem is two fold many dealers don't have the rooms which the speakers will work in or they don't have the right equipment, considering that the speakers use dual side firing woofers they affect room acoustics more than conventional designs with front facing woofers.