Classical speakers that do violins well??


All my serious listening is classical.

I hate nothing more than steely shrillness on violins or a glare on a soprano's voice.

I love nothing more than the faithful reproduction of the tone colors of unamplified instruments (the wood body of the violin and cello, the felt pad excting the sinewy strings of a piano).

YET, I hate bloated, indistinct, overly warm, billowy lower mids and upper bass (what I gather some think of as "musical").

Do you have any experience with speakers that might meet these needs for $2K, give or take (new or used)? Can be either floorstander or monitor, but with at least enough bass to perform decently on orchestral music. THANKS.
-Bob
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Oris 150 horn. Bartoli, Mutter & kissin sound superb. Serious bargains to be had here on 'gon' every now and then.No need for a sub. IMHO.
hi duke:

i must differ with you regarding the 1.6s. i own them. they have no dip. if anything, they have a peak in the upper mid/lower treble. this a very difficult speaker to work with. the treble is over emphasized. this definitely not a speaker for reproducing strings.

you need a good electrostatic speaker to accomplish this, or perhaps an apogee duetta signature or analysis audio omega.

the original quads are the least timbrally inaccurate.
i am looking to replace my magnepan 1.6, because th treble is overpowering and there is a slight dip in the lower midrange.

it is a somewhat lean sounding speaker.

i'm sorry i can't offer a suggestion for under $2000.
Mrtennis...If you think the MG 1.6 high end is exagerated use the externally mounted tweeter padding resistor that the manufacturer provided. My measurements confirm Magneplanar specs which show no high end boost. It's flat. They say that many commercial recordings have boosted high end to compensate for HF roll off of most speakers, and that's why they provide the resistor. And, by the way, don't get upset by having a resistor in series with the tweeter. Every crossover that I have ever seen has a tweeter padding resistor: it's just that most manufacturers hide them inside the cabinet so the user cannot select to his preference.
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Usher BE-718, one of the most realistic violiin reproduction I have heard regardless of price. I have owned most of Sonus Faber mentioned above, Usher is a giant step above them.