Building a system and need some imput on speakers

If you are buying used speakers at the 8 to 9 grand price point, it most likely will be the ELECTRONICS you choose to power the speakers with, (source, preamp and amp of course) that will determine whether the speakers are to your liking.

Buying new... as many posts are suggesting, is not a bad idea if you are going to keep the speakers for the next 10 years. But I don't like the idea of wasting a salespersons time if I know I am going to just go out and buy a similar product used.

I imagine that you would easily be able to find a New speaker you could live with for that kind of money. (Proac, Vandersteen, Spendor, Merlin...) However, if you are gonna be like many of us on this site, and enjoy the search for the holy grail, a great used speaker, purchased at a reasonable bargain price, will usually lose a very small margin of the value that you purchased it for, and often times, you will get a tad more for the product.

I couldn't agree more with Scpetscott's point about not wasting a salesperson's time if the plan all along is to buy something used.

..Yes ,im buying used for sure..been there/ done that on the walk out the door worth 1/2 of what I just paid....thanks for the imput but was really wanting comparisons about the speakers I listed so ill repost a simplier question..thanks again

I'm a very satisfied owner of Dynaudio C4's. My room is similar in size as your room (21' x 16' x 7'). C4's in your room will greatly benefit from room treatments.... failure to treat a room your size will result in the C4's overpowering the room and you will be dissappointed. I recommend GIK Acoustics room treatments... $600 to $900 spent on room treatments is one of the best investments you can make in optimizing your speakers. I also recommend the Plinius SA-102 amp with an Aesthetix Calypos preamp with NOS tubes (Telefunken 12AX7 smoothplates or Mullard CV4004's)

The Wilson Sophia's powered with tube gear would also be a fine choice and may be better suited for a room of your size.

Go back and reread 'Jbaxley's' first response !

It is all about synergy . You will , most likely , not find
what you are looking for with just a speaker purchase . One speaker with three different amps can have three different sounds . And then you have the sound contribution from the source !

If you can't go out and listen to different dealer setups ,
then try to copy a members setup that may have the sound that you are seeking . I started out doing what you are attempting . I spent a bunch of money for a crappy sounding system ! I then developed a repoire with a member here and for a fraction of the cost I had a much better sounding system . I simply copied one of his first systems ! It was not the ultimate system but it had good synergy , was enjoyable to listen to and gave me something to build upon later . It really showed me how components work together , or don't !

Good luck .