Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice


Hello All: Many of us have limited access/ability to audition multiple speakers brands. That got me to thinking- If one had a budget of $20K max, a solid state amp rated at 125WPC, and listened to all varieties of music (primarily rock, pop, folk), what speaker(s) would you be most willing to recommend to that person and feel confident they would be happy with the purchase?

gnoworyta

As for the OP, I’m on the exact same boat TBH and I’m targeting Focal, Borrensen, Vandersteen, Persona, YG within that range.

I think efficient speakers are the way to go. This gives you so much flexibility with amps. Many of these speakers listed need big amps, ones that double to 2 ohms. Based on design these are all worth looking at

Volti

Fleetwood

Joseph Audio.

Top two are horn speakers.

Volti Rivals. Beautifully built, beautiful to look at, musical, dynamics and impact to die for, easy drive for just about any amplifier. Spend $15 to $18k and spend the rest on music 

@gnoworyta Please dont get me wrong, but if you are not listening (or caring for ) the unamplified acoustic music (classical or jazz) you really do not need sophisticated or complex speakers that might cost 20k. Now, I do not want to sound arrogant and of course you may buy any speaker you like and listen to what ever makes you happy on it, but if we are speaking on 'hi fi terms', you can obtain same quality of reproduction, for (rock) music, for much, much less.

Furthermore, imho, if you are spending 20k on speakers, the rest of your system, without cables, should cost around 50k at least. Again, you might use R.Royce to pick up your groceries and thats perfectly fine, but for simple pleasure of hearing your favorite rock or pop music, that is overkill