LOUNDSPEAKER FOR $10,000.00 PER PAIR


I currently have the Triton 5's Loudspeakers, Marantz SA14S, SACD player, Thor Audio tube Tp-150 monoblocks,
Thor line stage with 2 SVS sealed subwoofers.  Seeking better sound. My short list of loudspeakers are as
follows:

1. Golden Ear Technology Reference
2. Revel F228 BE
3. Focal Kanta 2
Any suggestions would be appreciated.  
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In that price range, I love the PMC fact.8s I have in my bedroom system. They are fast, clean and articulate with excellent imaging for the type of music you like.
Most of what we are going to say is mirrored in other threads to which we have replied here is our take on this subject.

There are a lot of good speakers in this price range, you need to identify what are your priorities aside from just bettering your current speakers and these issues include things other than just sound.

1:Are looks important? 
2:Is the loudspeakers size important?
3:Is the long term sustainability/servicability resale important as some of the smaller companies may or may not be around 10 years from now
4:Do you prefer to purchase new and gain dealer/manufacturer support or is used a viable option?

Then determine sonic issues, the Golden Ears and the Golden Ear Reference are not the last word in detail, like it or not Golden Ear uses good well made drivers and parts but these drivers are not state of the art in design compared to more exotic and expensive European drivers so a Heil AMT is not a Heil AMT. 

We were going to be Golden Ear dealers and had the Aeon 2 left at our shop for a few weeks the speakers were good they were not amazing compared to the LS 50, we brought in the Quad Line the S2 which uses a real ribbon tweeter and those sounded amazing and could challenge the LS 50. So one Chinese sourced and built ribbon vs one Chinese sourced and built AMT are similar equations. 

Considering you have 2 excellent subs, you may not need a speaker with very deep bass, so in terms of what you want to get superior dynamics are usually from bigger more robust designs however the dynamic ability of a speaker also comes from the electronics and your tube amplifiers are probably not the last word in kick.

So with this in mind you need to be a bit more specific in what you are looking for these are the questions we would ask you about the sound:

1: How loud do you like to play?
2: How important is imaging, do you want a big wash of sound or is the specificty of the image more or as important.
3: How much resolution do you crave? Sonic flavors run from the warmer camp: Vandy, Harbeth, Proac with soft domes, Golden Ear, Legacy, vs the more detailed camp, Paradigm Persona, KEF,Focal models like the Kanta, Rockport etc.
4: Are you prepared to buy without listening as some of the choices listed here may not be demoable unless you drive or fly to a larger city.

Hope this helps give you some guidance on to some of the things you may need to also consider.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

Have a listen to these they are listed here on Audiogon for $7,250.00 Salk Sound Soundscape 8
I have listened to these just last week and they are on my short list.
Whenever I've listened to Golden Ear speakers I come away with the same impression:   Impressive amount of very competent sound for the money.  But nothing "special," no "it" factor at all that moves me very much when listening.  Just...you know...good value for the money type of thing.