Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard


Spent last summer subletted a flat in Berlin all summer, and had the best listening experience of my life. Emailed the guy who owns it and it was:

-James T Lansing energizer (amp) 460 from 1968

-Pair of Shahinian Compass speakers

-Plus a Pro-Ject DAC dock for the iPhone.

My understanding would be that buying a setup like this would be 4-6k, and I haven't been able to find Shahinians for sale at any price, so:

Can anyone recommend something similar for someone who loved this sound? Ideally on the cheaper (2-4k) end.

Most music will be played from iPhone or computer, mostly mp3 and Rdio streaming, plus a decent amount of vinyl. So basically a DAC, Phono Pre-amp, Amp, Speakers.
aaronlammer
From what I gather with e-mails to OHM, Shahinian uses higher quality drivers than OHM. At least the cheaper OHMs. Hence the slightly better midrange.

Opinions??
Its hard to compare a walsh driver to a conventional dynamic driver because thd operating principles are completely different.
Rp,

Good point about Carnegie Hall! Succulent is a pretty good adjective for what i have heard there.
There's a pair of Shahinian Arcs listed right now on Ebay for a buy-it-now price of $1000.
That's a steal even if you have to invest another $1000 into factory restoration. The Arc is the next model up the line from the Compass and is almost certainly similar in sound to the it only moreso.