Looking for floorstanders in the 7-8K range?

Your descriptions jibe with my own experiences listening to Thiels (I own 2.2's) and also the Sig's, the one pair of Legacys I've heard. The Sig's had an appealing physicality and warmth I don't get from my speakers, but ultimately they seemed to have too much 'personality' of their own for my tastes, and weren't as fast or detailed, or ultimately as natural sounding. I've found living with Thiels long-term to be an experience sometimes lacking a little in emotion, as opposed to respect, although there always come along recordings that force me to question that stance, so 'right'-sounding is the presentation. But the flipside of this is that whenever I have a chance to listen to other speakers, almost inevitably flaws jump out that I just don't hear from Thiels, even if there's often one or two characteristics that might be subjectively more involving. It's probably just the way I'm made, but in the long run I'm happiest with being able to feel like I can 'trust' my speakers, rather than having them necessarily push my buttons with this or that quality. My room is big enough now to consider stepping up in the Thiel line, but not big enough for 7.2's, so I'm looking forward to hearing the long-awaited 3.7's (which'll probably cost about what you paid for the 7.2's :-(

The 2.4s are really nice in a smaller or medium sized room. As a matter of fact I have heard them in quite a large room with one of the Thiel subs, and that what lead me on my 7.2 hunt. I also cant wait to hear the 3.7.

Selah XT8

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I have the Sig IIs, and I also really like them for the money.

With regard to some of the advantages you noticed of the Thiels over the Legacys, which I do not doubt, I wonder if some of that can be attributed to the quality of the capacitors in the Sigs. I think I remember reading some years ago that some folks felt the weakest part of Legacy speakers were their capacitors. And that some people had upgraded them, with results that mirror some of your comments on what you like about the Thiels.

I am interested in this because I am starting to think about upgrading the caps in my Sig IIs. I know next to nothing about how to do that, but am willing to learn.