$25k speakers, are we there yet?

When I was speaker hunting, I really wanted to get a pair of KEF Blades, but couldn’t get to hear a pair and really couldn’t justify the price. I ended up buying the Reference 5’s. There was just something about paying over 25k for speakers.

@bigkidz +1

(I don’t also think that room treatment changes the direct sound.)

What do you need to hear/see/know about your speakers to take the next step and build a 20 year system around them?

I think if you are near NJ, then you have a solid offer from BigKids.
If you are elsewhere, then there are other good places.

I have heard some great speakers at $5K, $10k, $20k and $40k.
I am, totally confident that I could put together a great system from any of them.
So it doesn’t matter a whole lot as they generally do not have  much in the way of flaws at those price points.

I am really looking hard at a $5k set, in fact I am pretty committed, but it all went a bit sideways.
 

Yeah we still need front ends, and room treatments are seldom a bad thing. Minor treatments can sometimes even pass a WAF test.

I am not a fan boy of Vandersteen speakers but we have the 5As and 7s in the room.  With our components, they sound better than I have ever heard them at a dealer.  We also have Sonus Faber, Vivid, and Horning speakers.

All are welcome to come for a visit and bring a component or two.

New KMD Orchestalls Reference speakers from South Korea are a Major-Breakthrough for speakers. 

 "The world's first speakers that sounds like LIVE MUSIC"

www.kmdeng.co.kr/KMD/elementor-1042/

 More info on You Tube too

Buckhard A700s I watched an amazing YTV $15,000