Best Floorstanding Speakers Buyers Guide 2023 !

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.

I have a (useless) geology degree and can confirm that the stone used in these Acora speakers is closer to Gabbro than Granite. Granite is typically pink-ish (potassium feldspar minerals) with tranparent bits (quartz) and some white/blackish bits (plagioclase, muscovite, biotite...). The naming of a stone has a lot to do with the mineral composition. Granite is an umbrella term which groups different stones which vary in composition. Gabbro is a greyish rock with a similar texture to granite. The mineral composition is different in gabbro. So non-geologists just group rocks by texture, neglecting the composition. 

The "It's not granite, it's gabbro" sentence is something you hear a lot during the 2nd year of the undergrad degree. It gives you the illusion that you're smarter than the average jock. I have yet to find a practical use for this knowledge. 

The SRC-2 look like tombstones. Imagine these next to a bouquet of flowers. Gruesome...