Best speakers for my MC225 under $2000

spendor 2/3....cam be had used but mint in this price range. a perfect fit in both size and it matches well with the classic mac.

thanks ill check those out. any other suggestions?

Spendor 2/2 actually better and may be cheaper. I have a pair I bought several years ago on here for less than 1K.

right now there are some vienna Mozart and Bach units for sale in your range in the classifieds. I noted some dynaudio contour 2 units that look nice. both of these are pretty nice all around units. I also saw some Dali Helicon 400 MKii speakers in the ads. I've not heard these but I understand that they are very nice. Another option might be ERA D14's. I bought a set of these and they are very good in my opinion for lots of music. most interesting might be the Dali's given their rep.

Heritage Klipsch have a special synergy with McIntosh. 

Have you tweaked the amp to have a certain sound ?