I appreciate all the help that you all have give to me in my quest for musical nirvana. As I try out different speakers, I am finding out the following about my personal tastes:

-- I need to listen to a speaker for days in my own listening room with my own equipment to determine if I like it or not.

-- Frenchy sent me a really insightful private mail giving me some concrete suggestions as how to proceed in my audio quest. That triggered me to think and to finally come to the conclusion that I don't really know what my personal tastes are. I know that I like things like:

-- Lots of bass, not bright treble, good imaging and tend to lean to the 'warm side of things'. But, I tend to not have a real defined sense of what I really like. this then allows to to like something one day and then think it's just so-so the next.

-- Because it takes me so long to make up my mind, my upgrade strategy is to: buy used at a really good price, then if I need to I can resell.

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So, I've done a litle bit of research (based on your all feedback) and my plan is to look for used speakers on Audiogon or CL. I'd like to have speakers that are:

-- no more then 3 years old, floor standing, and with: good bass, good imaging, not to bright of treble.
-- Price range is around: $1,000 - $2,500.
-- From a major manufacture that would allow me to have a name draw if I need to resell.


So, the ones I'm looking at are (and I'd appreciate you commenting/adding to this list) are:

Paradigm: Signature, Studio series.
PSB: Synchrony (one and two), Imagine T.
Monitor Audio: RX8, GS60
Era: D10, D14
Sonist: Concerto 3, Recital 3

Any feedback or suggestions is most appreciated.

Best Regards,
Stan