Need Advise for open sounding monitors


I currently live in a large condo where my stereo speakers purchased about 40 years ago serve me well with a full open sound. They are columns with a 15" voice of the theater woofer and an ESS air motion transformer. I will be down sizing soon and want to start looling for a replacement. Thoughout the years I have listen to some monitors when given the chance but never found anything satifying. Any suggestions where to look would be appreciated.
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OHM Walsh speakers have a lot of monitor-like sonic attributes except they are full range floor standers with a small footprint that do not require separate stands. The omni-directional design is inherently open sounding. Cost is more than competitive with many top rated monitors. The main consideration for chosing a model is room size. The models from just over $1000 to over $6000 all tend to sound the same when properly matched to room size and acoustics.

Otherwise, the monitors that I have heard and like best are various Dynaudios and the Totem Mani 2. PSB synchrony is another monitor worth consideration.

ANy of these would match well to the Mac electronics in general, I would expect. I have heard the Totems specifically with large Mac SS amplification and they were very impressive.