Speakers for Classical Music for Rotel RB 1070 (budget: upto 2k$)

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RGA wrote:

What I have found is that a lot of people in my area reviewers who have listened to both agree with me...

Clearly implicit in this and other statements of yours is that anyone who has a differing opinion is wrong. I think Audio Notes are fine speakers and never said otherwise. I happen to currently own a set of "boxes" myself - Spendors, so I clearly don't suffer a Maggie-only bias. However, you seem to be the one-note samba in this discussion.

[RGA]

RGA wrote:
Clearly implicit in this and other statements of yours is that anyone who has a differing opinion is wrong. I think Audio Notes are fine speakers and never said otherwise. I happen to currently own a set of "boxes" myself - Spendors, so I clearly don't suffer a Maggie-only bias. However, you seem to be the one-note samba in this discussion.

Okay Remove the name Audio Note AN E and replace it with Tannoy Westminster or Kensington. The AN's are not the only one's I feel this way about. But the Tannoys are more expensive and requires bigger rooms.

And yes it sounds one note but that was my point - that is why the 1.6 is one of the best $2k speakers and why the Quad is probably in my top 3. I have not found much that beat them in my opinion which is high praise for both Magnepan and Quad. I don't like the 20.1 but I do like the 1.6 and MG12 the two I feel are the best values int he line. For me it would be AN E or J(which is essentially the same speaker for a smaller room), Quad 2905 and Tannoy Westminster.

So yeah of course if I am recommending something I think is better than a Quad 2905 then the list is pretty damn small. There may be some others I am not thinking about currently and some have some promise but have not heard them enough to be sure.

Anyway, the best suggestion I should have made was "try the Magnepan 1.6" at the volume you want and determine if it will satisfy."

I apologize to the moderators and the original poster for getting this off topic and for offending anyone's choices. Good luck in the speaker hunt.