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Looking for Almost Full Range Speakers

Suggestions would be helpful in the Used less than $3500 price range with the following:

1. no leanness- (weighty and full required)
2. no upper roll off- crisp, clear, crystalline, clean top end both Highs and Mids- a very "live" sound and presence
3. detailed mids/ midbass w/ presence
4. slam, weight-impact in low end down to at least 30hz - but the lower the better
5. transparent and resolved
6. can be satisfying at low or moderatly high volmes
7. around 100 lbs per speaker- my back won't take much more

room is 12X18X8 rectangular and stuffed family room
musical preferences: classic jazz, r&b. Speakers are to be used with a solid state integrated at 160 watts into 8 ohms and with tubed sources. Lots of choices in the classifieds- Hyperion, Tyler, Von Schweikert, Thiel, Dali, Acoutic Zen, Dynaudio, Selah?
Won't get to audition- help with a short list would be great.
Thanks,
Foster
foster_9
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Another speaker that fits the description is the Reimer Wind River GS. They would be difficult for a five year old to tip over.

Very live sound. Detailed and crisp high end. Tight bass. They go deep. Also can be driven by a tube amp down the road if you decide to change amplifier.

Used pair available now under $3000.
dgarretson
2,394 posts
 
You've pretty much perfectly described Merlin VSM-MX w/SBAM, but your budget is about $1K short of a good used pair.
magnumpi205
504 posts
 
Gershman Sonogram will hit the $3500 mark ,new.
shak
13 posts
 
Used Legacy Audio - either Classics or Signature IIIs meet your criteria (except weight is a bit more than 100 lbs). I bought some used Signature IIIs here on Audiogon for much less than $3k I drive mine with an Earthquake Cinenova Grande (600 W @ 4 ohms) and they sound great.

Most notably, they have high efficiency and a lot of usable bass below 30 Hz.

Good luck!
socrates7
76 posts
 
Gallo Reference 3.1 w/ SA?
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