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Poor man's Rockport Atrias?

I recently auditioned the Rockport Atrias and liked them alot. They seemed to do everything well including drawing me into the music. I also love their size which is small enough to fit into my narrow room. While I am willing to spend $20K on speakers I would of course prefer to spend less even if it means giving up some performance. Therefore, I am wondering if people have suggestions for other speakers I should consider auditioning that has similar qualities to the Rockports while also being a small floorstander.

Thank you.
tboooe
goose
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Thoooe, good luck on your quest! If you do find a speaker that gives you 90% of the Atria at $10k let me know since I'm also very interested in the Atria. At that price point and below there are a lot of offerings. I like the idea of supporting a USA manufacture where you don't pay a penalty for currency differences and the importers mark up. Of course the Rockports are top notch relative to their design and and component selection....but they are expensive (at least in my world, yikes I haven't told my wife yet that I'm considering them, I better get that seed planted).
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tboooe OP
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Jwm, if I can get a decent price on the demo units I will definitely pull the trigger. At full retail I am not so sure....

Goose, finding a $10k speaker that gave 90% of the performance would be the holy grail for me! As I typed that I realized how crazy $10k speakers would sound to 99.99% of the people in this world. We are a crazy bunch. Btw, I love you listening room. I wish I had a bit more space.
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stereo5
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Doubtful the dealer will give a price break on the demo speakers. More than likely, the dealer won't want to sell the demos as he could lose sales waiting for a new pair to come in.
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audiolabyrinth
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I bet you can find a demo pair of these speakers out there, shipping would be exspensive, that would bring you close to the going retail price?
mbovaird
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I think you should audition more speakers just to be sure. This is a significant investment. Magico, Wilson, Vivid, Sonus Faber and many others - just to be sure.

IMHO - the Magico S5 is a better speaker and the new Magico S3 might be a better foot print for your room - depending on your room size. I found the Rockport tweeter a tad bright after a while. YMMV.

Mike
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