Agree with @MSNWatch on the PSB Imagine T3. Check out Mark's review on these: https://www.avsforum.com/psb-imagine-t3-tower-speakers-review/
Also like how they measured in-room in the article. Nice and smooth with the downward slope. Good response to 20 Hz.
I think the Revels will be tough to beat if your $5K limit is firm. They sound a lot like Salon2s, but can't go as loud or quite as deep.
Don't forget, PSB designer Paul Barton uses the NRC anechoic chamber where Toole and Olive also worked and collaborated together While there is not a spinorama for these speakers, I have heard them and their off axis response. Sound excellent. Btw, the in-room measurements were not of eq'd speakers and hit the "preferred" in-room target response as per Sean Olive's extensive subjecting listening tests and in-room objective measurements. It is worth looking up the research. Based on that, I suggest that these speakers are properly designed and hopefully in the future a spinorama will be available. Till then I hope @Ron Texas gets a chance to hear both the F208 and the T3.
Always so strict.I agree - that measurement (average of 8 sweeps around LP) looks "by the book" after 400Hz which points to a seriously done design job.
Still, I can't justify that manufacturer which uses anechoic chamebr for development is not publishing spinorama chart as part of the specs for speakers that cost $7500.
Don't forget, PSB designer Paul Barton uses the NRC anechoic chamber where Toole and Olive also worked and collaborated together While there is not a spinorama for these speakers, I have heard them and their off axis response. Sound excellent.
@Krunok until consumers start demanding spinorama charts, not much is going to happen. I am writing an educational article on the ANSI/CTA 2034 Standard Method of Measurement for In-Home Loudspeakers for awareness that one can download for free here: https://www.cta.tech/Research-Standards/Standards.aspx?search=2034
The only place I know that is curating a catalog of spins is: https://speakerdata2034.blogspot.com/
Haha - actually I do have the spins for the JBL 4722 and they are pretty good
PSB Imagine T3
Elac Adante AF-61 currently on close out- 3k for the pair with free shipping here:
https://tmraudio.com/shop-new/speak...ker-af-61-single-speaker-new-w-full-warranty/
Same place has a used f208 for a similar price.
@Ron Texas, you like the LS50s, right? So, KEF towers? Check Accessories 4 Less, if you're open to factory refurbs with warranty.
PSB is way more than $5k, not just a little bit more. Once you hit $7500, why not go all the way to $10k?
The link provided is very interesting, thanks. Will research the Adante's.
I have checked accessories4less. New R11's are $5k, but they don't go low enough.