Replacement for current speakers suggestions

Ok I've been through

Maggie

TADS

ESL57s

Bozak

AR3a

Paradigm

What I suggest is and "no laughing "is a pair of 

Elac 2.0/6.2 -87dBSLP and 6 ohms

they are fantastic for the price and for any price!

Also I have a pair of Epos Epic 2

4 ohm and 92dBSPL-

these two are unreal -excellent bass- but not bright!

I have it powered by a Peachtree Nova 150

all the above under $2k! Zero listening fatigue!

It's does not sound better or worse than my stereo gear from Boulder, McIntosh,

Quad , 

unfortunately, chemotherapy, diabetes , age etc does not go well with the human hearing mechanism. You probably have a high frequency s/n hearing loss and 

with that goes hypersensitivity to loudness.

Try the combo I suggest-I wish I tried all of that years ago!

Also, the support from Peachtree is superb!

Wish you the very best and keep listening!

 

Arch2, my cardiac brother, my bypass was at age 45, kudos to you! Keep hanging tough and everyone else, I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness. Thank you Jallan2 and everyone for great recommendations. My local dealer in Dunedin Fla, (sweet home audio) sold me the vr2's 17 years ago, maybe 18. He is a Maggie and Wharfdale dealer. I will start there. The sub is a good idea. I have a hsu sub in my home theater that is almost never used, I will hook it up and see what happens although the vr2's pump out outstanding bass. Great recommendations, I will now settle back in my vintage system room, my wife named it the jazz lounge, and listen to a little Dexter Gordon with a good Hibiki Toki on the rocks! Thank you audio brothers. Will let you know what happens. Cheers. 

Best wishes to you and good luck on your audio journey.

Kudos for taking MC to task for his condescending manner.

My wife did retail for 40 years and she no longer "does rude nicely." I just sit back and applaud. 

Maggie LRS - $650. Received them about 4 weeks ago. Imaging is amazing but was a little disappointed at first that they didn't sound good at higher volume - about 75 db. Too much distortion. Running them with a stock Dynaco ST 70. Had family over this weekend and ran them much harder with rock and jazz for 4 hours or so. Everyone liked them but I still thought there was too much distortion. But, listened to them last night and tonight - the weekend really seems to have helped. They sound much better now at high volume. I anticipate that they will only improve with more time as they break in. I'm extremely impressed. Only issue is that you can't get them immediately - ordered them from Magnepan in February and it took 8 months to get them. But we'll worth the wait. And, I'm also a 68 year old - with mild tinnitus/hearing loss. If you don't want to wait for delivery, I wouldn't hesitate getting the Maggie 1.7's. I listened to them last week at a local dealer - exactly the same as the LRS, but on steroids - definitely better bass. Though I'm ok with the LRS. 

Moms battling cancer for the second time now.  I wish you the best.  I've been through a ton of speakers and am currently using Magnepan LRS's.

 

My advice, hget a pair of 1.7i's used for around $2k and any decent sealed 10" or 12" sub.  If you dont love the Maggies, sell them for the same $ you bought thrm for and then look at some other speakers (dynaudio would not be a bad choice).

 

But honestly, if you've never had Magnepans, try a pair.  They are the fastest speaker I have ever owned as well as being incredibly open / clear / transparent.  The large, wall of sound is enveloping and engaging.  They are really pretty cool speakers.