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Looking for help with speaker upgrades...

I am currently driving a pair of Totem Model 1 Signatures with Bryston integrated and source. I recently moved these speakers into a much larger room and away from a dedicated listening room. They now seem to get lost in the larger room and are missing whatever bottom end they had in the smaller room.

I enjoy the Totem's and don't want to take a step backwards just to get a bigger, louder, and lower end speaker.

Looking for a floorstander and my budget is $5-7k. I also need something that is easy to place since i won't be able to have them 4 feet from the front walls. they will be placed 3 ft from the side walls but < 1 ft from the front walls. Also looking for something with some WAF as well.

PMC,Proac,B&W other?
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jax2
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Daedalus Ulysses would be on my short list. His DA-RMa would fall squarely into your budget at the top end and give up only some of the low-end grunt that the Ulysses has in spades. I've not heard them with your amp though, but they are superb, full-range speakers with Modwright KWA150's. Talk to Lou about your particular amp, size of room and model he'd recommend as I cannot speak to synergy there. I have heard both and would recommend either one highly at that price point (the larger is beyond your budget though). If you have the space and can stretch the budget the larger Ulysses is really stellar. Either one would puts a big grin on my face...great stuff!
jax2
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Just because a speaker delivers sounds down at 20hz does not mean those sounds closely resemble the sounds of those things that originated them on the recording. OTOH you can get very engaging results from speakers that don't reach those depths. Just a reminder. I would consider the volume of your room, along with your expectations, and the amp/speaker synergy. Getting really good in-room bass reproduction that blends seamlessly with the rest of the range is pretty challenging and tends to run on the expensive side. Another option that always comes to mind when looking for good low end is AudioKinesis - his SWARM system delivers down low and blends seamlessly with his other speakers. Daedalus does a great job as well in that regard. I've only heard Proac monitors (which I liked very much) so couldn't comment on their floorstanders.
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