Full range floorstanders ~$4000 budget

[pseudoid]

JBL Studio 590 strangely absent from the list

ahem!

 

[delta76]

Does that mean they're not worth more?

Because you can buy them for ~1600eur quite often.

 

[pseudoid]

Thanks goes out to @sweetchaos for his summary post "Passive Speaker Recommendations for USA".
It provides supporting metrics for some of these <$4,000USD passive speakers.
But only for those that have been tested/reviewed here at ASR.

We must also remember that $5,000USD is the old $4,000USD of six months ago!

 

[AlexanderM]

After listening to the Polk R100s, I would suggest listening to the R700s.

 

[Short38]

In response to an earlier post question I own a pair of Paradigm Founder 80Fs. 14x16 listening room no treatment. Listening to Stereophile Test CD 3. Rotel 6000 integrated amp with volume set at 50. SMSL 400ES dac balanced to the Rotel. Rotel tribute cd player to the SMSL through SPDIF. My hearing is done at 8,000 cps so can’t speak to performance above that. Frequency sweep sounds fine with 31.5 cps tone audible. Subwoofers would be a good addition. I listen to mostly Western classical music (all periods) with lots of choral works and solo piano. I like these speakers. Stable imaging. Proper instrument placement. Micro detail. So I can forget the system. Seem to reproduce what the source provides. First violins on most symphonic recordings do not reproduce well. Problem to my ears exists regardless of price points. Listened to a $100,000 system at a high end dealer no improvement in violin section.

 

[pseudoid]

Canadian (some say 'legendary') Totem Acoustic has released 3 speakers in a new line.

The Bison Tower (2-way) floor-standers are priced between $3k and $3.5k per pair.

 

[pseudoid]

MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 10 @$4k or Mofi SourPoint8 @$3k both include their stands.