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
hesson11
Check out the Tonian Acoustic loudspeaker
The fostex driver makes instruments sound so natural

Bass is pretty good as well for a small monitor
The most revealing speaker I've owned that doesn't hurt my ears is the Revel M-20. Not sure it's bass is adequate for full tilt orchestra. You might look into the larger Performa series speakers that use similar drivers with additional woofers.
Hesson11, although I firmly believe your problem is largely in electronics or sources, I would strongly recommend the Reference 3A Grand Veenas. They are quite accurate in the top end thanks to the Murata supertweeters. If they sound shrill, it is something upstream that is the problem.
Spendor SP 1/2E. You should be able to get a good condition used pair for 2K.

Pro: they produce very accurate tone and frequency response. They are well and rightly recognized for this quality - a classic loudspeaker.

Con: they don't have very good bass or excellent dynamics. One famous review rightly described them as being "polite".
The best I listened Sonus faber guarniere(not memento), I sold my pair , but just now I and two friends were talkin about ths aspectof SF guarniere, it is the best speaker to play cords!