I went with Vandersteen Treo's when leaving my Proac's after over 20 years. I love the newer Vandy line and the Quatro is in your range and ar killer for the price. Very clean, fast and natural sounding. The disappear easily too. I'm with Mel on Wilson's. I just don't get them. They use inexpensive speakers and spend money on the cabinet and marketing. Ton's of great marketing and they well because of the name. Similar to B&W. I have heard all of their line recently from the XLF's to the new Sabrina's. They keep telling me how great their soft dome tweeters sound. Why didn't they use these since day one? Even the silk ones are way too hot. The have a ringing upper mid range that just gives many a headache. I was at a Wilson dealer a few weeks ago and even the guy helping me out HATED them. It was hilarious as he ripped most of the speakers in his shop. There were two lines they carried that he likes, but we put the Sabrina's on with CH Precision gear. I know that gear sounds very good, but even with nearly 100k of gear the Sabrina's just didn't sound good. Even the owner came in the room and rolled his eyes. I joked that at least they sell and they don't need to spend much time with the customer. He agreed with me. That was all I needed to know. The owner used to be a VAndy dealer and wishes that he still had the line as he said that customer service was great and they were a great value. Sorry to go off topic a bit, but I thought it was a funny story to share in this thread.
Hope you get to listen to some of the speakers in this thread. Lot's of choices for you, but you'd be remiss to not have Vandersteen Quatro CT or even Treo's on your short list.
Hope you get to listen to some of the speakers in this thread. Lot's of choices for you, but you'd be remiss to not have Vandersteen Quatro CT or even Treo's on your short list.