Best speakers in the 50-60k range ?
http://www.rethm.com/ Nearest dealer to me is Santa Fe, NM.......could be well worth a visit as i also like the vibe of the town. They look lovely, but only in black for me. |
A few recommendations for Vivid. I love the line but I think the Vivid Kaya 90 will get you very close to the Vivid Giya line for a ton less cash. I have heard both I preferred the Giya but the Kaya is very good. Not sure you need to speed the $50Cdn to get an incredible speaker. BTW - RUSH would sound great on a Vivid. |
I listen same type music as you do and after long search and spending a lot of $$ I got 4367s and my journey ended! Im biamping them with 2 thresholds s500 and if I could do any change I would change one of the threshold fron series two to series one with optical bias. It works the best for high dynamics and crisp thrash metal highs. I found on my way of long trial and error that your preamplifier will do a lot of fine tuning. The JBLs are the best speakers for the money and I did compare them to a lot of speakers much more expensive and to me 4367 destroys everything in class and above. Word of advise, do not buy warm sounding amps they will never produce sound you looking for... |
This is a nice price range to be shopping; I hope you can budget for making trips to hear some of the candidates. I like a lot of suggestions made above, such as the various JBL Everest speakers. I certainly think that Avantgarde is worth hearing too. The Classic Audio suggestions are also among the speakers I like. My tend to favor speakers that are lively sounding and have good dynamics, even at modest volume levels, and these speakers fit the bill. I cannot begin to guess what speakers will fit your particular taste, so I will start by mentioning some brands that tend to be well liked by a wide range of listeners, even if they are not necessarily favorites: In that category I would put Vandersteens--a brand that consistently makes well rounded speakers. I would put in this category Focal speakers as well. The floorstanding ProAcs sound pretty good and you would be saving money. I am particularly fond of Audio Note AN-E speakers, but, I don't know if they are well suited for high volume rock, if that is your thing, but they are certainly worth auditioning. If you like horn-based systems (I do, and I own one), your budget would allow you to assemble a horn system or have one custom built for you. You should google Deja Vu Audio and talk to someone there about such systems. If you want to save an enormous amount of money and still get one of the best sounding high efficiency/horn type system on the market, you must audition the rearhorn loaded full range systems of Charney Audio (a trip to New Jersey is required). I own a horn-based system in your price range, but, I am considering a $17,000 Charney system which is incredibly well rounded (not the usual one-trick pony of single-driver systems) and capable of playing all kinds of music very capably. It would also make sense to hear a variety of fundamentally different types of speakers. You should hear large panel dipoles, such as Soundlab electrostatics, or Magneplanar speakers. You should also hear a good omni-directional system (e.g., German Physics or MBL). |
