Best LOOKING full size speaker for <$1000

[Tarheel_]

I have to assume those things sound like crap, since they look like a $5K pair of speakers!!!!

Those things have amazing visual appeal for a sub $1K product...

One would believe they sound like crap, but i found a few reviews from audioholics.com. Depending on your impression of them, they seem to like the sound and did a $1k speaker shootout with other well know brands. This speaker did well and i believe won the contest...or came in 2nd.

Here's one of them...
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/s...5ti-first-look

[Ajani]

One would believe they sound like crap, but i found a few reviews from audioholics.com. Depending on your impression of them, they seem to like the sound and did a $1k speaker shootout with other well know brands. This speaker did well and i believe won the contest...or came in 2nd.

Here's one of them...
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/s...5ti-first-look

I checked out the reviews and their smaller floorstander won 2009 product of the year from Audioholics... best of all it sells for just $500

[Tarheel_]

I checked out the reviews and their smaller floorstander won 2009 product of the year from Audioholics... best of all it sells for just $500

one of the great parts of being involved in forums like this...is finding those gems. This list is full of them. Cannot wait for him to decide and me to hear them.

Heck, someone from this post my find a speaker for themselves, after all, Christmas is around the corner. I can just see some new floor standers under my tree.

[Ajani]

one of the great parts of being involved in forums like this...is finding those gems. This list is full of them. Cannot wait for him to decide and me to hear them.

Heck, someone from this post my find a speaker for themselves, after all, Christmas is around the corner. I can just see some new floor standers under my tree.

If you want new floorstanders I'd suggest waiting for next year January's release of the Revel Performa Series 3... I suspect that would be a more appropriate replacement than any of the speakers in this thread

[Tarheel_]

If you want new floorstanders I'd suggest waiting for next year January's release of the Revel Performa Series 3... I suspect that would be a more appropriate replacement than any of the speakers in this thread

Wasn't aware they are up for a new series...i'd love to have a pair of F52s for the living room, but at $4k used, it will be a while...

[Ajani]

Wasn't aware they are up for a new series...i'd love to have a pair of F52s for the living room, but at $4k used, it will be a while...

Yep, the first products in the line were introduced in 2004... So they will be 7 years old when they are replaced next year... Anyway the new line is supposed to look like the Ultima 2 line, so a rather nice visual upgrade... I assume there will be more tech borrowed from the Ultima 2 line than just looks...