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RE: Best speaker for $15K ?

You have to buy what you can audition - to me people are throwing a bunch of names at you - most of which seem to my ear to fall into the same general camps. Part of your issue may be that you are sticking to SS and IME there is only so much that can give you no matter how much you spend. As Soundhound's (Victoria BC) owner Terry says when we audition SS - "That's sounds good" Pause "for solid state"

I say it a lot and I'll say it again - treat the entire stereo system as a system - do not do the component buying approach by buying X amp for the speakers you own or X CD player because other people liked it - the fact is a Bryston sounds better on a PMC than on HE speakers or my Audio Note speakers. They sound downright terrible on my speakers such that they almost make Crown look good.

Incidentally - I have heard Bryston with Magnepan and a SE tube amp on Magnepan - that latter sounded much better.

I think the 1.7 sounds better than the 1.6 = less of the upper midrange lower treble ribbony sshshshshshsyness that drives me mad.

I would look at Usher - I preferred the Be 10 over the more expensive B&W's, and IMO they're much better than the Revels or JM Labs I've heard.

Still I would try various systems - Audio Note, The AN E/Spe HE is better than a 20.1 by a mile (my dealer sells both) the E is half the price. Whether you have corners or not.

Teresonic Ingenium - single driver - should make panel fans happy - it actually has bass - anywhere from $10k to $15k depending on driver choice

Acoustic Zen Crescendo - I listened less to this but what I heard was a big plus.

Silbatone Aporia single driver horn with a Manger driver.

King Sound - cheaper and sounds better than ribbon based panels if you want to stay with panels IME. Have some grunt.

ATC - winner - someone else mentioned them.

Many of these are tougher to find. Silbatone is practically impossible.


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