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Need suggestions for new speakers under $5K

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about building a second system in my living room. The room is much bigger than my tiny bedroom (please look at my system) and I'm very open to advices. It's about 12' x 18' with a large opening to the dining room.

The speakers will be hooked up to McIntosh MC7300 power amp (300Wpc) and the MCD7008 CD player. I've decided to use my C40 pre amp as an integrated amp for my bedroom, which I found out works really well.

I mostly listen to classical music and a lot of jazz at very loud levels, but also listen to every other genre including metal, rap, pop, but excluding country (no offense). I'm not looking for the most "accurate" pair of speakers, but a pair that's very "enjoyable" and "musical". It needs to be really full range, at least giving me a clean, loud 30Hz drum thwack. I don't plan on adding a subwoofer to the system. My budget is $5K new or used, but would prefer to spend less if possible.

I'd appreciate any recommendations and suggestions,

Thanks,

Seong
spacekadet
pardales
652 posts
 
I strongly recommend that Vonschweikert VR4-JR. I have the Macintosh MA 6900 integrated amp. These speakers are the most enjoyable ones I have ever owned. They retail for 4K. Great synergy with my MAC gear. See my system which is almost all MAC.

Email me if you want to talk further about the VR4-JR's or check out the couple of threads in this section where people are talking about them. I too listen to a lot of Jazz music (loud). Good Luck,
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kgturner
601 posts
 
Gershman Acoustics Avant Garde RX-20. They go down easily to 24 Hz and can be found on the used market for about $3000. I love my pair and would never part with them (unless I got a bigger room and more money :) ). They sound great with either solid state or tube equipment. The 300 wpc Mac will drive them with much authority....I can guarantee it.

http://www.gershmanacoustics.com/avantgarde.html
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dawgbyte
290 posts
 
If you want to blow yourself away... check out the Audiogon speaker section and look for a pair of Hales T-8's. These speakers are amazing and the price is right in your wheelhouse.
george3763
10 posts
 
Biro's are the best speaker for the $ without question.
I have compared to the Snell line for 2-3 time the $ and B&W for 5 times the $. I can not think / imagine any of these other manufactures even coming close. Sixteen hundred bucks, no-one can touch them at that price.
didactically
142 posts
 
Not accurate, but musical?

A playback system is typically intended to hear the music that was recoreded onto the source material. If you do not want to do that 'accurately', how can you expect to hear 'musical'.

The system (or any component therein) that produces any sonic characteric at all of its own is inferior, and does add to the recorded material. It is called distortion.

How can anyone expect for the distortion to result in anything that could be characterised as 'musical', the magazine reviewer 'connesseurs of coloration' notwithstanding. But then they have the task of selling expensive equipment that is actually inferior at accomplishing the task it alleges to fulfill, usually depicted by lousy specs, so they must take the tact that this or that equipment makes your music sound 'better'.

Absurd, irrational, and illogical. Yet they have hooked many a self proclaimed audiophile into their unreasonable deception, and lined their pockets with the proceeds.

Sad, really.

Accurate is good. Always, and in everything.
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