Your amp & DAC combo are good sound quality, would the GR research be a possibility? Even w/ customs the price is very palletable for something custom and of better quality than most off the shelf products 
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You see how trumps doing some nasty stuff to you guys with tariffs?
We are also getting a terrible treatment 
The only way I could get anything from GR research without getting tax scammed is by using a proxy, which I could but im currently not able.
LGK 2.1 Kit Pair is > $1300usd, Shipping is $800, to that we add the taxes which are 20% including shipping (this goes to the IRS) and the we add 8% to customs. Then because this import is over 2k usd we pay a flat $400 tax to a worker we call the “Customs Agent” every month if we own a business.
Thats $3120 dollars 
Yes there are better ways to import from the USA, using a proxy but I currently cant for personal reasons.
IM HALFWAY DONE WITH MY LIST OF SPEAKER OPTIONS, IT WILL HAVE TO BE ONE FROM THAT LIST
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What are you talking about? Tariffs are going to make everyone in the US rich. We’re going to be able to finally pay for that wall to keep Mexicans out since Mexico didn’t pay for it back the last time around.
Now the price of my beloved mezcal… that’s going to be an issue.
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I know the feel all too well. I usually have to take any cost in usd and multiply that by X 11-13 to 1 usd to get my whereabouts cost.
The Vista audio Zest I bought at $570 was just over 1k when it got to me.
Weight is also another factor SVS subs cost as much as RELs if not higher. The heavier RELs will dwarf SVS prices though.
Customs are proper leeches over here.
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Back in February I stated that after 2 weeks of non-stop 24hr play I felt my new Lowther DX-65 drivers should have been broken in. I was wrong, the one driver would sporadically and completely randomly w/ no rhyme or reason I could figure out sound crappy for a song or 2 and then sound normal again for a while. It took me a few weeks to rule out the possibility of a bad tube, connection or cable which is always an annoyingly slow process that sucks the life and joy out of me 
After 4+ months and now easily close to 500+ hrs I’m keeping my fingers crossed that both drivers have finally broken in properly. I have not heard any annoying discrepancies in sound for a while now and I’m keeping my fingers crossed we are over the hump of break-in. I swear if I hear another crackle or grind I’m pulling the damn transducer and shipping it to England to be re-built. I know these things are particularly delicate but my patience is starting to wear thin 
The lesson of the day is buy your speakers used when you can and let someone else deal w/ burning them in 
save your sanity and nerves.
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The prices may seem quite steep but im willing to pay up, this are mexican tariffs.
Im a big time HEADPHONEs COLLECTOR this is important because:
A 2ch is quite Expensive, I’d like something supremely enjoyable, no audiophile would be happy even as a Can Collector after spending at minimum 1k on a 2ch system. Ill probably just get the subwoofer(s) later given my budget.
☆-I do around 95% of my critical listening on headphones-☆
The Speakers are for having fun, and boy do I love having fun on my klipsch rp600m.
I removed the room acoustic info cause in the end thats my problem to solve.
Current Chain
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Transport/PC > Supra Excalibur (will be upgraded!) > Matrix XSPDIF3 w/ ifi Elite SMPS > Morrow Audio DIG3 AES > Exogal Comet Plus with Upgraded LPS and WyWyres umbilical > AudioQuest Carbon to the PowerDAC (poweramp) > Morrow SP2 Speaker Cables to Klipsch r600m > Morrow MA3 to Edifier 70w 8" subwoofers (These subs just got sold and the Klipsch are already reserved.
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Even tho theyre overpriced theres quite a bit of options to pick from, just not the ones you guys always reccommend as band for buck like GR Research and ELAC. But I will put some other very good picks!
I removed what I had before cause im comfirming prices and trying to list only things that trully catch my eye!
Im very used to 6.5" woofer speakers, could 5" or 5.5" be a detriment to my enjoyment?
Is Kali Audio any good?
- Audioengine
$455> S8 Subwoofer 250w 8" - I really liked this one shame im tryina avoid subs.
$683> HDP6 Passive Speakers, 2 way, 4ohm, 5.5" woofers. These just look rather nice for the price but hadn’t had the chance to try them. HDP6 Passive Speakers — Audioengine
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I Will keep editing some options Today as I keep finding them. Ill probably just get the speakers that seem the best RIGHT THIS WEEKEND
2ch is a lot tougher than I thought and I already thought it was though
theres a bunch of speakers that might work in my room with the way my klipsch are configured, and then some bad positioning could lead to a stressfull disaster.
(Specially since I plan to get the subwoofer(s) later)
Im now continuing to update the post above :)
I had a very erough week, a ton of work and stress, and then I had my first convulsions, I lost the ability to speak, walk, move properly and I got an MR at the hospital, my brain is fine it seems it was allergy some meds.
So ill try my best to organize my previous post, and also add all my doubts and assumptions there. Thanks!
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