2020 Stereo Floor-Standing Speakers To Consider For $7,500 To $15,000

You can get deals that fit under your price cap on Revel Salon2's , but you'll need some muscle to make 'em growl in a room that size. If this is a multi-purpose room (you mention a kitchen area), one of the great strengths of this speaker is it's off-axis response.
Parker
 
Janszen Audio Valentina P8 (passive version) - $9k (ish)
Janszen Audio Valentina A8 (active version) - $12k (ish)

With the active version, you get speaker, amp, pre, and DAC all built in, so you can literally add a digital source (downsampled to 192/24 if you have higher resolution/DSD material) and you're done.
 
tino27 said:
Janszen Audio Valentina P8 (passive version) - $9k (ish)
Janszen Audio Valentina A8 (active version) - $12k (ish)

With the active version, you get speaker, amp, pre, and DAC all built in, so you can literally add a digital source (downsampled to 192/24 if you have higher resolution/DSD material) and you're done.
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I'd not heard of Janszen speakers before, but they do sound interesting with electrostatic panel plus woofers all needing only a digital input. I'm warming to this type of active speaker although one has to ask questions about DAC and amp quality - compared with ones one may choose to support a conventional passive speaker.

I'd also look at the Dutch & Dutch, perhaps a better active solution.

The saving in amp, DAC, etc may allow the OP to up his speaker budget if looking at actives. Peter
 
I never considered Magico speakers before this thread. They are recommended here and there. Now the Magico reviews start to stand out more as I come across them again in my research. I might not have searched for them or demoed them otherwise. Now I will seek out a demo and I may just buy them. Although I read they are not as pretty as say the KEF Reference 5 with a nice piano black gloss finish. I do tend to gravitate towards special tweeter technologies like in B&W, Focal, Magico, and KEF. So the forum posts absolutely do help me with my speaker search. Also, thanks to everyone for any help rendered. And yes, I do need to start hearing them in person. I’m also not into the idea of built in amplifiers as I want to choose that separately and have the option of changing it, unless it’s a subwoofer.
 
neodinardo said:
I never considered Magico speakers before this thread. They are very recommended here. Now the Magico reviews start to stand out more as I come across them again in my research. I might not have searched for them or demoed them otherwise. Now I will seek out a demo and I may just buy them. So the forum posts absolutely do help me with my speaker search. Also, thanks to everyone for any help rendered.
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If you add Magico to your list, you should also add Piega. I listened to both brands, similar size speakers, both in aluminium cases, but the Piega (Coax 711) was hugely better than the more costly Magico. I think the reason for it's wonderful sound was largely down to the 711's coaxial mid/top ribbons and much larger area of bass drivers
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i know piega very well, used to live 2min away from theyr factory. lets say kurt scheuch is a friend of mine and i would love to recommend it. i used to have the cl 90x and the linesource.
they are excellent. however, they are NOT good for gaming and watching films.
 
I definitely want a balance of music, movies, and games audio quality in that order of importance. I may not get that home theater bass punch, but I do want to approach full range. And also still have the treble and midrange qualities of say Von S VR-1 or B&W 805 D3 (or better), put all that in a nicely finished floorstanding design. For the longest time I thought that was the B&W 804 D3, then I thought that Focal Kanta No. 3 was the firm answer. It may still be. Then KEF Reference 5 popped up, so did Joseph Audio, and the Herbeth 40.2 is always a contender. And all the other models listed here. I believe the answer is somewhere here already, I just have to start listening. Focal was on my hot list as they make those amazing Utopia headphones. Herbeth came to my attention through the sheer enthusiasm of the reviews starting with the audiophiliac. KEF made waves with the LS50 and I was impressed with prior store demos. I’ve owned the VR-1s and they blew out of the water (save for bass) every NHT speakers I’ve ever owned. Yes, I was a NAD and NHT fan back in the day. Joseph Audio was from The Absolute Sound research and the fuss that the Pulsar 2 was making. B&W was always on my radar since the USAF days when I almost purchased a 700 series speaker for $3K in rosewood. They sounded nice but I ended up with the VR-1 instead for $1000, which was a bargain for the sound. Until the veneer started to peel. They cheaped out on the finish. Still audio wise, they were worth every penny.
 
thats why i love the newer wilson audios, they are a bit more forgiving and are excellent for films, deep house etc.
have a look at 2nd hand yvett or even sasha daw
 
my bud is wilson audio distributor, he has all the models up to the chronosonic.
the sabrina as well....but imagine, everytime i am there i want to hear the bigger models. the smallest model i listened was the daw.
lol, i used to run the tunetots for a year, even much smaller than the sabrinas, and they are excellent for movies.
however, i cant comment on the sabrinas at all
 
i just remember he mentioned a client who was on the way to buy the piega511 (he sells piega as well) but then liked the sabrinas better
 
I just realize for Focal raised their prices on the Sopra 2. Not fair. I discounted the Kanta series due to the lack of bass slam vs the Sopra woofer material per various indicators, if I go Focal it’s the Sopra 2 or Sopra 3. I’m just not sure where that kinda of money will come from. I could buy one at a time over say a year. Would that be crazy?
 
IME deep house, techno can be quite addictive with sealed bass like Magico. I also find sealed enclosure sub like JL to work really well with Magico. The combo also provides those visceral feel on HT side of things in my system as well.

If I were you, I’d up the budget a little and go for Magico A5.
 
havent heard it yet but from looking at it i think the a5 could really be the right one.
worth to skip the rest of the plan, or lol, get the monoversion. you could use the single a5 as subwoofer and get some cheap satelittes until you buy the 2nd
 
btw i had a small pair of focals and then a bigger model. they were not good for films, didnt matter what amp i did use.
 
again me, sry, just after posting i always have more thoughts....

one of the few places who run both wilson and magicos is my-sound in germany, not far from the hi-end place in münich.
they have the m models, the a3 but not yet the a5.
if you ever go there, lol

the m3 was madness good sounding even with deep house!!! then again, a sasha daw or alexia2 has ways more slam and dynamic. to be fair, the rest of all parameters the m3 was even some better.
 
well, the usa provides the whole spectrum of nature, no absolute need to look further.
my neighbor was only twice in his life (60 years) in the city 30 km away. the 2nd time was when i took him with me.
 
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