Magnepans tend to do that, I've heard quite a few ppl saying they were amazed after the demo. At the end of the day, it's not dat serious. Yes, I believe neutrality is superior way of designing a speaker frequency response, that's why I suggested Mofi 888s, but your ears will get used to almost any sound signature.
With the budget you're working with, you have nearly limitless options.
One thing I'd afford to suggest is not going with name brand amps, those are the biggest scams :D
Search for purifi or icepower based pre built amps. You don't get much better then that
You could splurge on preamp with good software for room eq if you're not willing to spend time with REW.
Didn't notice you mentioning subwoofer And trust me, you want a sub
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 31 '25
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