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Warm airy musical speakers?

I am a newbie to Hifi. Well I have been reading on forums on and off for the last 5 years, but never had any system myself.

I'm a musician myself and have an idea of what type of sound I'm looking for. It is a warm, airy, open and organic sound with good midrange for vocals. Listen to jazz, acoustic music, norah jones, Diana Krall etc..

I don't like a cold and bright type of sound.

I've read alot of sonus faber, venere 1.5/2.0. Could be that kind of speaker I'm looking for?! Also I have read about focal aria 906. Seems to get great reviews.

I live far off any hifi-stores so I thought I will collect some good candidates for listening, when I visit a bigger city.

My budget is around $2000 - $2300 for both speaker and amplifier. New or used doesn't matter. For an amplifier I'm interested in tubes..

All recommendations are welcome!
philsons
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ghosthouse
3,718 posts
 
Totem Hawks?
Harbeth??
telescope_trade
539 posts
 
The latest series from Revel fits that bill.
ctsooner
2,104 posts
 
I've got a pair of Proac Supertowers that work perfectly with quicksilver tube gear that I'm also selling. It will give you as good a soundstage as you could want and with the tubes it can be magical (everything is also room dependent. I also have Studio 1's from Proac with Onix or NAD integrateds that I'm also selling off that are really nice together. You need to put Vandersteens on your short list. They are accurate, but have to be set up properly. I know a drummer who's on this board who LOVES the Vandy's. He loves and owns Maggies too, but we were listening to Vandy 3Asigs a couple of weeks ago and it sounded beter and better with upperline electronics. Just like my Proacs I'm selling, you want a speaker that sounds better and better with upper electronics. Just my two cents. if interested, let me know.
zd542
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Before spending any serious money, you need to get some listening experience. It would probably be a better idea not to put together a list of speakers to demo. "Warm airy musical speakers?", will mean different things to different people. Its just as important you hear speakers you don't like. You'll find that the way a speaker "sounds" in a review will not be how it sounds to you during a real demo. To see what I'm talking about, try to answer this question. How do you define warm? Explain to me what a warm pair of speakers sounds like.
ctsooner
2,104 posts
 
Listen to ZD. Great post. Honestly, you're the type who should find a good dealer close to you who will walk you through things. You'd be amazed at how much money you'll save in the long run and he'll have a ton of quality gear that you can listen to most probably. Often they will have good used gear too that may do the trick. Where do you live? I promise you that you'll get tons of recommendations on who to go see, lol.
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