Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker?


Magico A-1, Focal Sopra No. 1, TAD Me1?

Wife demands a small speaker no more than $15K.

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@jastralfu + 1 - I've had my Marten Parker Duos for a couple of years now and I love 'em...

I wonder if your wife would be cool with the Amator Maxima

https://www.sonusfaber.com/en/products/maxima-amator

You could argue it takes up the same amount of real estate as a bookshelf. smiley

$10-$15K for a bookshelf? With that budget, I would start with the Alta Alyssa at $5K (passive) and force myself to justify spending more. You could have a whole Linn system on that budget. If going for a bookshelf, I would make it a 2.1 system and add a sub. For the same money, you could have Buchardt A500 Signature actives with two Purify long-throw drivers and pair it with a T+A streamer-DAC-preamp-headphone amp and call it done, and have change left over.