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RE: Best speaker for $15K ?

If its a dynamic speaker it should be one that's designed for proper time and phase like Vandersteen, Avalon Acoustics, Thiel, etc., along with higher quality construction and materials.

I was lost for years listening to speakers because I never learned what a speaker should fundamentally do. I thought those speakers that had good fundamentals sounded somewhat sleepy. The highs and the lows didn't seem to compete with other speakers.

Consequently, I was buying speakers who's highs were glaring and big bass that simply didn't integrate with the other aspects of the system. I was so consistent in buying the wrong speakers that I was sure my electronics were to blame. Frigin train wreck. It wasn't until I was fortunate to get listening primer and some suggestions from someone in the industry who had a great deal more experience. Even with this little bit of knowledge I still couldn't hear the speakers until I had them at home, which is next to impossible.

So I took one of his suggestions and I'm no longer listening to my system but to the music. I know that sounds like a cliché but its true. If you're listening to a dynamic speaker you shouldn't hear the individual drivers. If its set up in the room properly you may not even hear were the speaker is.

Happy shopping



Edits: 02/27/12

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