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Looking for speaker ideas.

Looking for speaker ideas and room size is 11 w x 16 l x 9 ft ceilings.....room has acoustical panels. Music ranges from Big Band , Blues, Rock.

Equipment so far is :

Wyred 4 Sound st-500
deHavilland Mercury Preamp
Sim audio phono pre
VPI Industries HW-19 mkIII GLOSS BLACK W/MOERCH UP-4 / Ortofon Black

Have looked at different Spendor , Proac, Totem speakers but not sure if those would work for the rock music and would a sub be needed with those if they would be able to play rock music ?

Budget is $2000-2500
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hifiman5
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Yes on the Vandies.  If you get the Model 3A Signature (used)?? you would not really need the subs. at least at first as the 3s go low and have decent bass power.

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@wolf_garcia   Speakers have rights too!  :)

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@bsmg   Do those speakers come broken in?  If not, two weeks is all but useless as most drivers and crossover components will take 1-2 weeks to break in. Not much time to really listen to them at their best!

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My experience buying the Vandersteen Treo CTs this past summer taught me to have patience with break in.  They kept opening up and revealing finer details for several weeks.  The last driver to reach its apex was the carbon tweeter.  Ride cymbals on good jazz recordings told the story there.  I knew I was about there when I could hear subtle changes in timbre as the sticks moved around the drum kit to various cymbals of different sizes.  Cool to hear that...more there there!
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