Battle of the affordables

Here is what I meant when I said the 888 may lack mid range speed.  Found an online review that share the same thought.

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/best-speakers-5k-to-10k-series-mofi-sourcepoint-888/

There seem to be two parts to the 888 forgivingness recipe that I can suggest. First, it sounds like the initial part of transients is slightly overdamped. You may have heard horn speakers that do the opposite: you get the sense on rims shots or trumpet blasts that there is overshoot and the sound is spikey or piercing. The 888 is slightly softened, but, again, not dull.

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Especially considering the price range OP has laid out:  from 2.1k to 7k.

There are others at these price point but these are the one I could find where there are favorable reviews on the web.

Right.  I understand that.  If you don't have brick & mortar availability, you have to start somewhere.  That's what I did, but now I may be suffering a bit of buyer's remorse.  What will you be driving them with?  That would at least give you an idea if you would be locked into certain specs.

What will you be driving them with?  That would at least give you an idea if you would be locked into certain specs.

I am driving them with a 150W amp - Simaudio W7.  I don't think my amplification is the bottleneck.

Simaudio W7 - that's awesome