Charlie,
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>I built an eletrostatic speaker once. Since then, I have never been able to even come close to its sound with a conventional speaker. But the stat was huge, tortorus load for amp and extemely directional in the highs. You have to be sitting directly between them to apprectiate the sound quality. Just not practical.
Bought mine.. Magnap[lanars. Love them.
The fellow that I purchased them from told me that the only speaker to purchase was the one that sounded best to me. All others, regardless of size, price, name, etc would never make me happy if I simply didn't like the sound.
Magnaplanar electrostatic are absolutely the best
for me. They don't do bass all that well but since I like classical more than hard rock that works well. When I get into the mood for some thump thump I remember I purchased a sub-woofer. <g>
Best,
DD
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