Best Floorstanding Speakers Buyers Guide 2023 !

I heard the Acora speakers at the Pacific Audio Fest last summer and they sounded very good. They were in a large room which made them look small but they produced some of the best sound at the show.

I've been to three audio shows in the last several years and I've concluded that I don't care what speakers are made of. I also don't care if they use 4th order crossovers or if they deposit diamond dust on their tweeters in a cyclotron particle accelerator. I've heard exotic speakers that sound great and I've heard conventional speakers that sound great. I've also concluded that speaker prices do not correlate well to their sound quality. I could easily live with the Acoras based on what I heard but there are a lot of other speakers these days that sound fantastic - many for far less money than the Acoras.

@ronboco +1  Any list like this is always going to miss a few outstanding candidates but leaving out any Rockport speakers gives this exercise a a pretty big credibility problem. The other glaring omission is the MBL 101 E Mk. II.

Before they collapse in a laughing attack from seeing people actually spending such nutty amounts on equipment (a whole INDUSTRY is milking those fools). 
 

@kraftwerkturbo 

What speakers should we be buying?

How should we go about researching buying speakers?

Who exactly are you calling ”fools”?

I heard various Acora speakers at the last Capital Audiofest (Washington DC area).  While not the greatest things I've ever heard, they were quite good, particularly because they were not crazy expensive.

that list is only what Part Time Audiophile tested.  It really means nothing, just a couple of guys opinions. 

So happy to have discovered and purchased my Revel Salon 2 speakers several years ago. The Salon 2 speakers perform at such a high level of proficiency, from top to bottom, in all aspects of the musical spectrum, and the reproduction of the musical event, I just don’t have to want for anything more (my wallet thanks me). With my Revel Salon 2 speakers, in my audiophile journey, I consider myself one of the fortunate ones who searched and found his little piece of High End Audio heaven.  Now, I no longer have to keep searching. I no longer have to keep looking over my shoulders trying to figure out what my next pair of speakers will be because I’m never satisfied with the ones I already have. Finally, after years and years of searching and experimenting with speakers, I’m off the speaker "revolving door."  All I can tell you is that the Revel Salon 2 speakers are absolutely phenomenal, and that I will probably take them to the grave with me.