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Downsizing for Blade 2 and hunting for smaller floor standers

I live in apartments and love small , tall, thin, powerful speakers. I went from Dynaudio C2 to Blade 2 and am in absolute love with it. However, this whole thin and tall thing has scratched a new itch of me and I kept wanting to go leaner and smaller. I have thought about Beolab 28 which seems to be going for the extreme and also maybe the LS60, which feels like a downgrade in sound quality. So I wonder if there is something else I should consider to make my speaker smaller without significantly compromise full range sound quality.  

bwang29
grislybutter
2,803 posts
 

without budget, room size, source/amp - system info, sound preference, any suggestion seems random

bwang29 OP
18 posts
 

Thanks for everyone’s advice!

to add more context, my budget can not exceed $20k, and my sound preference is top to bottom clean, relaxing, slightly sparkling and neutral with strong emphasis on mid bass impact (which is basically Blade 2 to me). I also like sleek and unique designs as my home decor is very minimal and industrial. 

grislybutter
2,803 posts
 

@bwang29 design-wise: "Nordic"?

 

soix
9,358 posts
 

Given your preferences I’d give a look to (in no particular order although I think the first four are more visually distinctive)…

Boenicke W11SE
Alta Adam

QLN Prestige 5

Vivid Audio Kaya 45

Joseph Audio Perspective 2

Usher ML-802

Verity Audio Lakme

Vandersteen Quatro CT

Best of luck in your search.

 

 

jetter
3,026 posts
 

Smartest move of course is to stick with your Blades.  

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