Keith G wrote:

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The trick with speakers is to stop listening to them and just keep chucking
the music on. Do that for long enough and any old pair of dogs will become
your 'reference'. Start with a pair of attractive and well-built speakers of
the right size (a glance will tell you) from a Name you respect and just
stick with them. Bear the following in mind and you won't go far wrong:

Little speakers can be very good until bigger speakers come along. (Size
*always* matters....)

Wood veneer sounds much better than vinyl wrap.

Floorstanders sound much better than standmounters or bookshelf jobbies.

Light wood veneer sounds better than dark wood veneer.

Silver grille cloth sounds better than black.

English speakers sound better than those from any other country.

I think this is true, especially at my budget. I have heard great
American speakers but nothing I could think of buying. However, some of
my formerly English-camp friends have switched to Dynaudio.

Biwirable speakers are much better than non-biwirable ones.

Interesting you don't say "biwired" but just "biwirable". Presumably
because if somebody has taken the trouble make them biwirable, they
might also have taken the trouble to do other things right??

Anyway, do you have any advice on my original query (posted in another
thread): I have a 20+ yr old Spendor BC1 pair. Have been quite happy
with it but would like to find out what would be candiates to make a
meaningful upgrade ("one" step up) and what would be the budget for
such an upgrade in today's market? My short list to audition, drwan up
from others' suggestions, includes Proac, Dynaudio as well as Spendor's
own S6 (although it is in the process of being replaced by S6e).

Raghu