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Originally Posted by aschen
what is your approximate budget? How loud do you like to listen and how far is the listening position from the speakers? Are you a "bass head"? Are you willing to pay extra for finely finished furniture grade cabinets or is a more utilitarian look acceptable?
Sorry, need a bit of info before offering what will be probably be a very highly biased opinion
My favorite speaker mft is Dynaudio, but they may be a bit laid back for you. You can get a 20ish year old set of PSB stratus gold or silver speakers for ~600 that are a bit more on the resolving side and would be a pretty big upgrade in my opinion. If you want really giant dynamic range I wouldent completely discount older Klipsch Heritage models (Quartet, Chorus, Forte), usually available in the 700-1000 range. Lots of good options from KEF as well. Dunlavy speakers from that era are big and ugly but fantastic. The Older Thiels might fit your tastes quite well also. For absolute clarity I think the Revel Ultima Salon 2s are the champs for speakers I have heard. They are also 20k new and 9k used. I am not sure if that clarity is in thier lower lines, but probably so. I think used Revel performa's can be had in the 1500 ish range from the last series. Should be fantastic speakers.
Anyways so many options, it is hard to narrow things down without some more constraints. My Buddy had similar medium range B&W CDM floorstanders. He upgraded to circa 2002 Dynaudio Contours and has been extremely satisfied with the change.
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Important questions, thank you.
Budget is $500 to $1000
Volume is what I would consider very loud, indicator at 1 or 2 o'clock on knob.
Couch is about 12+ feet away from system.
I am a clean and bright head if there is such a thing. Vibrance and clarity are key. The CM4s don't have much bass when listening at higher volumes and I miss it but lower volumes the sound seems full.
Either look is ok with me.
You've listed some speakers that I can begin to research, thank you.
I would love a set of B&W 803s but can't justify spending so much yet it was easy spending that on an MFI system for a 2.7 RS motor I'm building. Not even a question. Why I look to older, high quality equipment.