Best speaker for sound stage under 4k

[Talisman]

Hello,
What do you think the best cost to sound speaker is when I comes to overall loudness, sound stage and quality under 4k?

Super lintons? Klipsch Cornwall iv? Arendal 1723 ?


Any suggestions would be appreciated!

the first thing i would ask you is what your current system is, if you have ever had a hifi system and if so, what are you not satisfied with.
Those who have never listened to music with a hifi system underestimate how good even relatively cheap systems like two elac debut towers or something equivalent can sound.
Sometimes all we need is something good enough to enjoy the music.

 

[Mort]

Almost exactly $4k. BMR Philharmonic Towers

These will be full range, require no subwoofer, and sound very big. They will project a broad soundstage and reverberance that sounds like you are at a concert.

 

[bplatypus]

lol my integrated tube amp has 1/10th of that

for music, I drive my 1723 towers using the Elekit 8900 power amplifier with either WE300B tubes (8W+8W) or Cossor 2A3 tubes (3.5W+3.5W), and even with the 2A3, believe me, it's loud enough .

Those speakers are just amazing! I paid 2500$US for the pair in satin-black, cannot be more happy. I also have a Klipsch R-121SW subwoofer in my setup for movies and I think I could happily remove it because I don't think I hear bass coming from it anymore now that I have those 1723.

 

[Redacted]

I've been into playing music for ~57 years, and have had kit, and rooms, of all types in different countries. Just saying, I'm no starry-eyed innocent.

But.. This whole thing weird nonsense about imaging, sound stage etc...!! It takes a lot of time positioning speakers (in 3D), and you can usually get great stereo imaging, but at the same time it is dead easy to completely obliterate that effect through lack of effort or interest. It's there in the recording and many users seem to choose to not bother finding it....

I have modest kit, largely bought with WAF in mind ("you're not crápping up my lounge", IIRC); possibly stuff that would be heavily savaged on this group, but believe me, I can sit and listen, and most of the back wall, top to bottom, side to side, sounds like a deep 3D space where I have no feel for where the speakers are at all. I can often "see" the position of each item in a drum kit, and other instruments - a terrific illusion. It varies with recordings, but really, getting that effect is not rocket science, nor magic - it's about experimental effort, and you can't simply buy your way into it..