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Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com
The Elacs on Amazon I would have recommended, (the FS407) seem to be "temporarily out of stock". All the Elacs in the FS line to me are the real Elacs, made in Germany with in-house designed drivers. The Andrew Jones stuff is their China line. 
Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com
If you want to put a pair of Sonus Faber on your list, the Venere line sounds much better than the Chameleon line, if the looks are ok for you. Either the Venere 2.5 or 3.0 fit into your proposed budget. The Venere S are 5k but are supposedly the ... 
Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality?
Clear Day Double ShotgunJW Cryo NovaCanare 4S11 
Picking a Tube integrated amp
I would seriously consider Octave. Gorgeous in every way. 
Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com
mofojoI had the same experience as you with LS50 - the W's are better and probably a decent buy at their price but still not my taste. I may get flamed for this opinion but if ever a speaker could sound too polite and slightly sterile at the same ... 
Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com
I'll add a couple recs I like on Amazon:Dali Opticon 6 or 8Martin Logan Motion 60xtAlta Audio RheaI also like the Tannoy and Elac recs above - I like the real Elacs with the Jet tweeters better than the Andrew Jones lines personally. I would scrat... 
Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com
LS50 as well as the R series are rolled off in the highs a bit, so polite - yes, bright no. 
Budget Audience Clone?
robert53thanks, I'll check those out. Update, I sent the Clear Day back (what a great guy Paul is. Super nice) He makes great cables for reasonable prices, just not exactly what I'm looking for. I also returned the Audience to the store I borrowed... 
Budget Audience Clone?
2channel8thanks for the heads up - I'm following that auction to see where it ends up. Update: The Clear Day Cables are very very good and transparent but maybe not quite what I'm looking for. The Audience still has more snap to the sound with tra... 
Budget Audience Clone?
Thanks for the Duelund and Black Cat suggestions. I am in the middle of auditioning JW Cryo Nova and Clear Day along with the Audience and my Canare. Depending on the outcome, I may try those 2 suggestions also.btw, it turns out the Audience Condu... 
Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?
Very cool. Glad you are loving the Legacy's. They are one of the few brands I have still never heard that I really want to hear. 
Budget Audience Clone?
YyzI'm running an integrated so unfortunately I need about 6ft. Thanks though. 
Budget Audience Clone?
I contacted Paul and asked him to send me a double shotgun pair to audition. 
Budget Audience Clone?
Actually, with the silver IC's and my solid silver USB cable, I found less glare than with competing copper models.  
Budget Audience Clone?
I've got a full bodied amp. There is zero fatigue in my system.