Thanks for the feedback thus far. I don't have the exact specs for my room so I will have to get those, but it is a medium sized seating room (to be very vague until I can get actual numbers). As for listening tendencies, I plan to use it for everything from Led Zeppelin to Bach, with a tendency towards more frequent listening to rock at moderate volumes (but I do live in a house, not an apartment, so it will get turned up every so often). As for location, I'm in Milwaukee, WI!
Entering the world of audio, help with first setup- speakers to pair with Peachtree 220SE
After many years of education and limited budget (tough to finance anything while in medical school...), I finally have the means to make a decent budget setup for a home listening system. It's intended to be a 2-way system in a smaller room, and the pieces of the puzzle that I currently have are a Schiit Mani phono preamp, a good condition Technics SL-23 turntable (craigslist find), and a Peachtree 220SE purchased for a good price from a friend. Looking for a pair of floorstanding speakers with a max budget of 1.5k for the speakers. Having searched the forums and classifieds, and given the budget, used seems to be the best bet. Some speaker options that I have run across (including some specifically on the classifieds here) include used smaller Magnepans, Vienna Mozart Grand, Dali Mentor 6, Elac Uni-fi UF5, Vandersteen 3a. Any recommendations? Taste in music varies greatly, playing anything from rock to classical.