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Having sold my Idunns to a very happy new owner (miraculously - DIY speakers are notoriously difficult to sell), I decided to stretch the budget, and there are 3 clear frontrunners for speakers:
8050B - 3600 USD locally
KH310A - 3850 USD from Thomann including (incredibly reasonable) shipping and tax/5060USD locally (yes you read that right, that's what happens when the KH310 is sold only to the installation market here)
Reflector Audio Square Two - 3900USD + 400USD air freight (always part of the cost of doing business with smaller companies) + 7% sales tax on imports = 4330USD
I consider the Reflector a more advanced speaker, like a mix between the Genelec Ones and the Danley Synergy with less slot loading than the Genelec and less horn loading than the Danley for the midwoofers. Coaxial, time-aligned, linear-phase, controlled but narrower directivity with very high max SPL (110dB >100Hz per speaker) - more comparable in innovation to the likes of Kii, Genelec Ones, Danley and DD. I'm leaning towards the Reflector because the Neumann and Genelec seem to be near EOL as well. Plus crossing narrower directivity speakers in front of the listening position expands the sweet spot anyway. But its the most expensive speaker with the fees involved.
There's also an used pair of LSR708s selling for under 3k locally that no one has bought for over a year so I might try and haggle for that but I find the port cancellation irritating. Likely inaudible due to the high Q but not desirable and IMO unacceptable in that price class. Poor owner paid 5500USD for those new, ridiculous. Pro audio margins here are incredibly high because they tend to be installers, rather than just retailers.
8050B - 3600 USD locally
KH310A - 3850 USD from Thomann including (incredibly reasonable) shipping and tax/5060USD locally (yes you read that right, that's what happens when the KH310 is sold only to the installation market here)
Reflector Audio Square Two - 3900USD + 400USD air freight (always part of the cost of doing business with smaller companies) + 7% sales tax on imports = 4330USD
I consider the Reflector a more advanced speaker, like a mix between the Genelec Ones and the Danley Synergy with less slot loading than the Genelec and less horn loading than the Danley for the midwoofers. Coaxial, time-aligned, linear-phase, controlled but narrower directivity with very high max SPL (110dB >100Hz per speaker) - more comparable in innovation to the likes of Kii, Genelec Ones, Danley and DD. I'm leaning towards the Reflector because the Neumann and Genelec seem to be near EOL as well. Plus crossing narrower directivity speakers in front of the listening position expands the sweet spot anyway. But its the most expensive speaker with the fees involved.
There's also an used pair of LSR708s selling for under 3k locally that no one has bought for over a year so I might try and haggle for that but I find the port cancellation irritating. Likely inaudible due to the high Q but not desirable and IMO unacceptable in that price class. Poor owner paid 5500USD for those new, ridiculous. Pro audio margins here are incredibly high because they tend to be installers, rather than just retailers.