Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard


Spent last summer subletted a flat in Berlin all summer, and had the best listening experience of my life. Emailed the guy who owns it and it was:

-James T Lansing energizer (amp) 460 from 1968

-Pair of Shahinian Compass speakers

-Plus a Pro-Ject DAC dock for the iPhone.

My understanding would be that buying a setup like this would be 4-6k, and I haven't been able to find Shahinians for sale at any price, so:

Can anyone recommend something similar for someone who loved this sound? Ideally on the cheaper (2-4k) end.

Most music will be played from iPhone or computer, mostly mp3 and Rdio streaming, plus a decent amount of vinyl. So basically a DAC, Phono Pre-amp, Amp, Speakers.
aaronlammer
The Vienna Philharmonic playing Bruckner in Carnegie Hall produces a full, rich, plump, microscopically textured wall of highly fattening tone which can fairly be described, overall, as 'succulent.'
This sort of symphonic plushness has been well captured on, for example, many Decca/London LPs. I heard the CSO under Solti in Davies Hall and was almost overwhelmed by the sheer physical gorgeousness of the sound. On a steady diet of that kind of experience, I am sure I would put on at least 25 pounds.
And, though the bass is a serious force here, and the harmonic richness certainly depends a lot on the smoothness of the 'treble', I believe live midrange is often and somewhat reproduceably caloric enough to be placed on the menu with Savoy Truffle and rock solid images.

As for comparing the Walsh 200 with the Obelisk and the Hawk, I drove both with a Sunfire Signature 600 which produces lots of nice current on demand. The Ohm is a fine loudspeaker but I was comparing it to two specific Shahinian models (and, of course, ultimately to live music) and--compared to them-- the midrange was A LITTLE BIT leaner, less 'succulent,' and the bass, while beautiful, detailed, deep and very musical, had not the dynamic power of the other speakers NOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC I MOST LOVE.
The original question had to do with the questioner's feeling that the
Shahinian Compasses were the best speakers he had ever heard. Again I say, if that's how you feel, you probably will not like other manufacturers' speakers as much. In other words, 'emulating' the Shahinian sound is difficult to impossible.
From what I gather with e-mails to OHM, Shahinian uses higher quality drivers than OHM. At least the cheaper OHMs. Hence the slightly better midrange.

Opinions??
Its hard to compare a walsh driver to a conventional dynamic driver because thd operating principles are completely different.
Rp,

Good point about Carnegie Hall! Succulent is a pretty good adjective for what i have heard there.
There's a pair of Shahinian Arcs listed right now on Ebay for a buy-it-now price of $1000.
That's a steal even if you have to invest another $1000 into factory restoration. The Arc is the next model up the line from the Compass and is almost certainly similar in sound to the it only moreso.