Some good options for you to audition would be the RBH Signature Reference 61-SE/R or the Signature SX Reference SX-61/R. And also the Focal Electra 1008 Be. You might also consider the Focal Professional self-powered Solo6 Be Studio Monitors. All are very, very good, clinically accurate speakers in that price range
Hi FirstReflection, thanks for your advice.
I tried the Focal Electra 1008 Be ($5000 a pair MSRP):
Focal Electra 1008 Be: high end bookshelf hifi loudspeakers
in an acoustically treated room with just the 2 bookshelf’s hooked up and they sounded GREAT. Really they had NO weaknesses and were perhaps the finest bookshelf’s I have ever heard. The music sounded extremely accurate and warm, and the soundstage / horizontal axis sounded awesome. The problem being is that at this time $5000 a pair (MSRP) is definitely out of my price range. I might be able to go as high as $3500 a pair (MSRP) since obviously there will be some wiggle room on price but $5000 is likely to be noticeably out of my price ranger (since I need 5 identical speakers).
I then went and tried the Focal Chorus 806 V ($2000 a pair MSRP):
Focal Electra 1008 Be: high end bookshelf hifi loudspeakers
These speakers were NOT in an acoustically treated room. To my mind they sounded noticeably less impressive (and bright or perhaps a little 'colored' at times) but then again the room for these were a regular show floor so the 1008 Be had a advantage by room there were in. The 806 V's were harsh enough at times that I am not sure I can consider them...
The problem is that the place I went to wasn’t setup to try my reference disc (Hotel California DTS DVD track). I prefer to use my reference disc since I have heard it so many times on so many systems that I know what to look for when comparing speakers…
Thanks for your recommendations of these 2 speakers:
RBH Signature Classic Reference Series 61-SE/R
RBH 61-SE/R Bookshelf Speaker
RBH Signature SX Reference Series SX-61/R
Bookshelf: RBH SX-61/R Bookshelf Speaker
I will audition them as well to see how I like them although in a post of yours in another thread you seemed to indicate you liked the Paradigm S2's better than both of them no?
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The 5 identical bookshelf speakers I get I plan to utilize with either
a single SVS PB13-ULTRA
PB13-ULTRA - SVS
or a dual setup PB12-PLUS / $1,399.00
PB12-PLUS - SVS
and because I have a space-challenged suite the speakers need to be bookshelf’s and not towers.
Lastly I forgot to mention that my receiver currently is the Onky 809:
http://www.us.onkyo.com/model.cfm?m=TX-NR809&class=Receiver&p=i
I generally upgrade it every 1-2 years and by a similar class receiver (e.g. around $1200 MSRP) but that's about all I can afford on a receiver if I upgrade very often.
Not sure if any of the models you recommended aren't ideal for that class of receiver?