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Traditional looking speakers

Suggestions please. I've been living with low end audio equipment for a long time. Now that I am completing a family room addition I am ready to purchase some great sounding equipment.
I want to start with speakers and build a system around them. Room size 17 X 18 with 10' ceiling. Speaker budget $2,500 plus or minus for pair. I need speakers that are "traditional looking". In other words GMA Europa, Meadoelarks, Maggies, etc. are all out of consideration although they all sound great. We listen to a lot of female vocals and acoustic music.
In short, I need speakers that are attractive when my eyes are open, and sound like the band is in the room with me when my eyes are closed.
I know "Beauty is in the eye of the speaker lover".
murphyboy2fbd
ekistler_sj
60 posts
 
I'll suggest Spendors as well. When I started my speaker search I was *told* that only traditional looking speakers would be allowed in our living room. I ended up selecting a pair of Spendor SP 1/2s with Sound Anchors and I think their retro-look is very cool.

In addition, Spendors are an excellent choice for the types of music that you enjoy, especially vocals.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
Harbeth compact 7s. I challenge you to find a single bad word written about them, and they look really nice and a little bit retro.
chris74
99 posts
 
I second the Harbeths, having owned the 2nd pair of HL7ES mkII in the US, I can vouge for their musicality and build. These are beautiful handcrafted works of art.
telescope_trade
555 posts
 
I second the Hyperion HP 938's, They are great!!
Check them out http://www.hyperionsound.com/index.htm

Best I have heard so far.
c123666
871 posts
 
Spendor, Harbeth, B/W, McIntosh, Galante, Audio Note...so many good looking box speakers in that price range. The Spendor classis models have a wonderful cabinet construction and are gorgeous. I owned a pair of 2/3 in cherrywood; beautiful sound. I should have kept those but sold them as they did not work well enough with a SET 8 watt amp. With a Levinson 27.5 they were marvelous.
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