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modest towers with high WAF for living room?

Looking for opinions on this one. I've been running with Paradigm Studio-20s (V5) for over a year and want to upgrade. This is for our living room, 100% 2ch music. The Studios have been a nice intro into quality speakers. Now, I'm looking for something with a bit more bass presence plus, I want to get away from speaker stands.
My living room is large, 14X24', but we tend to listen at low-mid levels ... jazz, blues, classical, folk, some rock. I don't blast or need "wall thumpers".

I really want these to be nice, attractive, to get buy-in from the wife! ; )

Budget? Well < $2K preferrably, $2500 max.

My priorities: high WAF, sonic upgrade from the Studio20s, modest size ... don't want them to dominate the room.

Some candidate
albireo13

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albireo13 OP
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Candidates I'm looking into:
* Salk spkrs (Songbirds, SongTowers)
* Aerial Model 6
* Totem - Staff, Hawk?
* Selah speakers - don't know much about them

Would love to hear other folks' solutions to this??

Thx
albireo13 OP
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Fritz Carbon 7s are bookshelves. Trying to get away from stands .... looks and stability reasons.
albireo13 OP
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My amp is Emotiva UPA-2, 125w/ch @8ohms. Since I listen at modest levels I don't think I need more.

Far from the wall? I would say 2 ft or less.
I would definitely consider preowned, as long as they are cosmetically clean ... again the WAF. : )

Those Aerial 6s look nice. I like nice lean lines, with nice veneer work.
The Totems look nice as well (Forest or Hawk?). Unfortunately it's hard for me to audition any of these so I might have to just wing it.
albireo13 OP
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She doesn't like the techno look ... weird shapes, etc. I think she'd divorce me if I brought home some Gallos! : )

Speakers with attractive veneerwork, that blend into the living room. Thus, a modest size that doesn't dominate the room in appearance.

The Salks come to mind, as do the Totems. I'll have to come up with a handful (5-10) of candidate pictures to show her and have her give me feedback.

I'll post my results. : )

The Fritz Carbon 7s ... I didn't know they were available as towers! I'll check on that.
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