What are the best passive speakers with $20000-$30000 budget

[cjf]

In my biased opinion Magico S3's would be a great option. They fit perfectly within your listed requirements

[cjf]

3 minutes ago, Silly goose said:

Thanks guys. I've been researching and I think if I was to go passive, I'd go with something from Salksound. Since they sell direct, they can offer a $25000 speaker for only $8995. Paying dealer mark up adds no value to me. I'm travelling to audition speakers right at the factories anyways. These Soundscape 8's look phenomenal. 

 

http://www.salksound.com/model.php?model=SoundScape+8

I'm curious why you think the Salk's you listed are a $25K speaker? They appear to have way too many large drivers contained within their lightweight cabinet for optimal operation.

 

I've owned similar speakers in the past (Like Legacy mentioned earlier) where they put a bunch of large drivers into a fairly lightweight cabinet and while it sounds pretty decent they certainly don't sound anything like a $25K speaker

[cjf]

Nope haven't heard the Salks and have no interest in doing so. I was under the impression that you were interested in hearing speakers that perform on the 20-30K playing field and not one's that somehow manage\claim to do so for 1/4-1/2 of that price.

 

In the grand scheme of things a 126lb speaker is light when it has to control the resonance of that many large cubic inch drivers even if they are mounted in opposition to each other to help better handle that choice of hardware.

 

The use of RAAL tweeters and Accuton Mids is great but if those drivers are being shaken around by all those large diameter woofers due to the lightweight cabinet it means very little what Mid/Tweeter is being used.

 

Do you have any pictures of the internal guts of the Salks? I would be very curious to see it if you did.