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what is your definitive and dream speaker that you would have?

Dougey_Jones

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Whatever the current TOTL Revel Salon series tower is my dream speaker and has been for quite a while.
 

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If I were a billionaire, I imagine I'd probably own KEF Metas, in one flavor or another. But I'm not a billionaire.
 

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Some expensive Ino Audio floorstanders plus 2-4 bas modules. To make it complete I'd add many surround speakers plus center speaker.
Room would be built for this purpose. A few examples, really serious constructions

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And possibly my favorite
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As ancient as they are I would be interested in a pair of Infinity Reference Standard IRS. I like a good thump and after lotsa time with the Infinity Kappa 9's that have some pretty good slam/thump I can imagine the IRS would be awesome too. :D
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MBL 101E radialstrahlers
Devore Fidelity O Reference
Joseph Audio Pearl 3 Graphene


(Based on my familiarity with the brands or having heard them)
 

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Don't dwell on it much, but would depend a lot on the room I could put it in. I'd probably lean to good commercial stuff....the silly aesthetically oriented (and often fails at) overpriced audiophile crap doesn't appeal whatsoever.
 

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Since 2016.

 

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To me there is no definitive end speaker, not because it's out of reach, but because it's an illusion. My current speakers are the best I've heard. They consist of the B&O beolab 9 and the genelec 8030. When I listen to the 8030 they are my endgame. I feel the same when I listen to the beolab 9's. When I listen nothing else matters.

(I'm sure I'll change/upgrade my speakers when they are end of life. And that I'll change a preamp or a bluray to 4k or a tv to oled 4k, but it doesn't mean a thing on the scale of enjoyment. Just a quick flash of satisfaction when there's an upgrade and then that's the new normal.)
 

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To me there is no definitive end speaker Just a quick flash of satisfaction when there's an upgrade and then that's the new normal.
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1st I would need a bigger room for bigger speakers if I would dream about big speakers, but maybe I would like to test the Genelecs, I had som old ones that I borrowed for my office some years ago and sounded amazing, I needed to returned them back. I have some Bouchards at home that I am happy with, were my dream speakers 2 years ago.
 

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Admittedly I don't spend much time dreaming about speakers that are financially unobtainable and wouldn't suit my actual listening space. I tend to "dream" more about attainable products that would work in my listening room.
 

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My obvious choice is not that unattainable (by this I only mean they sell in my town ;) ). It's KEF Reference 3 (with Meta material and in this colour):
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Came to realize that in my setup, bookshelves don't occupy less space and since my listening room is downwards of medium, I might even like them without subs (not saying subs wouldn't help).

My less obvious choice and something almost impossible to have might come as a surprise (shipping costs alone would kill any initiative). It would be these concave BMR's by Mr @Dennis Murphy

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Sure, they list on his page for 1900$, but shipping to Croatia is simply too much.
 
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Wouldn't say no to this system. Ino Audio i32s mainspeakers, and those alone would be fine for me. Ino Audio i16s as center speaker. It's high-end in itself.
8x Peerless Discovery 12” for the lowest frequencies, but the mainspeakers do fine without this colossal help as said.
This brand always has a goal of neutral and clean sound. Nothing else would suffice.
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Pretty easy
Did you listen to them?

Just a quick flash of satisfaction when there's an upgrade and then that's the new normal.)
Nice written, and I guess it's true.

My ultimate speaker?
I have no idea because I haven't listened to enough speakers. Certainly something neutral, but they probably do not have to be perfectly equal - if at all possible, a large one - I like large loudspeakers, dynamic - does this word make any sense in the case of speakers?
 
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