As you seem to be sold on electrostats (mid-range purity & sense of speed...), I assume you have the amplification for them & are aware of their shortcomings.
The short story:
So...if you are ready to sink 2.5 grand into an electrostatic experience, just get the Bevs esp. if they are active.
The long story
I have no opinion on the JansZen or the Sanders (but the JansZen look good on paper!) The latter are from the Innersound designer, I understand.
Back to the Beveridges.
Which model are you referring to? I have only listened to an active vintage Beveridge model: wide baffled, narrow acoustic panel. It had a super OTL amp at the base.
It would not play very loud, nor would it go very high in frequency for some odd reason. In fact, we never did crank it up loud because, purportedly, it would blow fuses (or worse).
Anyway, when it did work, the sound was pure magic! This means, very realistic strings, and wind instruments, and tenor, baritone, & soprano voices. As usual with panels, mid-range purity & dynamics were superb.
Lest you think that classical quartets were the limit of what we listened to, Paranoid (i.e. Black Sabbath) also sounded phantasmagorical through these speakers! (OK, so the bass was "discreet").
OTOH, Mahler 8 was less convincing: not bad at all but it was just very low amplitudes so the orchestral dynamics were lost (and so were some of the cellos, possibly due to the amplitude levels...).
All of this doesn't help much with advice, does it?
I can't reliably recommend that you purchase 20 yrs old electrostatic speakers; I sold all of mine years ago.
However, if you are ready to sink 2.5 grand into an electrostatic experience, just get the Bevs esp. if they are the active ones.
IMO, dynamic speakers today (and yesterday) can overall outperform vintage electrostats; but those will certainly not cost 2.5k -- more like 25-125k !)
Regards
The short story:
So...if you are ready to sink 2.5 grand into an electrostatic experience, just get the Bevs esp. if they are active.
The long story
I have no opinion on the JansZen or the Sanders (but the JansZen look good on paper!) The latter are from the Innersound designer, I understand.
Back to the Beveridges.
Which model are you referring to? I have only listened to an active vintage Beveridge model: wide baffled, narrow acoustic panel. It had a super OTL amp at the base.
It would not play very loud, nor would it go very high in frequency for some odd reason. In fact, we never did crank it up loud because, purportedly, it would blow fuses (or worse).
Anyway, when it did work, the sound was pure magic! This means, very realistic strings, and wind instruments, and tenor, baritone, & soprano voices. As usual with panels, mid-range purity & dynamics were superb.
Lest you think that classical quartets were the limit of what we listened to, Paranoid (i.e. Black Sabbath) also sounded phantasmagorical through these speakers! (OK, so the bass was "discreet").
OTOH, Mahler 8 was less convincing: not bad at all but it was just very low amplitudes so the orchestral dynamics were lost (and so were some of the cellos, possibly due to the amplitude levels...).
All of this doesn't help much with advice, does it?
I can't reliably recommend that you purchase 20 yrs old electrostatic speakers; I sold all of mine years ago.
However, if you are ready to sink 2.5 grand into an electrostatic experience, just get the Bevs esp. if they are the active ones.
IMO, dynamic speakers today (and yesterday) can overall outperform vintage electrostats; but those will certainly not cost 2.5k -- more like 25-125k !)
Regards