Audiophile Crap

Ok Ken...im buying speakers today. I dont want to spend more than $600. Dont laugh....just reco me something.
im considerin something from aperion (i appreciate their business model and total lack of snobbery) like the 4T "towers" or the Verus grand bookshelves. Also polk is in the running as is B&W 685.
 
this is the kind of setup I am after ... (not vintage electronics) ... but rather how it's displayed.
something clean that blends into the room environment.

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this is the kind of setup I am after ... (not vintage electronics) ... but rather how it's displayed.
something clean that blends into the room environment.

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arent you a little bit too old to be ironically hipstering about with wooden marantz receivers and "vinyl players"
 
I obviously didnt order my speakers today....but the reason is I came across some extra cash that I wasn't expecting and it might induce me to increase my budget from $600 to....something higher. We'll see.
Lurch's DALIs are looking awfully appealing