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Speakers for a very large room?

Reader of posts for a few years but have not posted a serious question until now. Currently have McIntosh integrated tube amp with some old KEF speakers. While I enjoy it in my current setting, I am moving to a house where my listening room will be 30' x 40' x 10'. It has polished concrete floors. Sounds like a grocery store but it is not. I suspect I will need to change speakers but really have no clue where to start. I listen mostly to progressive rock but also anything in the same general area. I don't know where to start with such a room? I am at least 3 hours from any major city. I did experience Treo CTs once and to bright for my ears and Wilsons but did not care for the visual appearance though liked the sound better. It was a few years ago so can't better define what I liked.  Not a great resume of listening experience but it is what it is at this point. For some reason, which may be completely wrong, I am thinking electrostatic may work well in this setting. I could easily move them 5 feet out from the back wall but then again I really don't know what I am talking about. Any kind comments would be appreciated.

Rich
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Excellent suggestion on the room treatment  An empty room with hard sides will slap echo like a bastard without treatment. Carpets on the floor, drapes on any windows etc. tame things considerably.

While one could probably be pretty happy with some small monitors in the middle of the room, I understand the urge to experience speakers that  wouldn't have sounded very good in your previous smaller room.

Personally, I'd be looking to the second hand planar speakers and the suggestions of Martin Logan, Magnepan, SoundLab Apogee, are all good, and you can get used for decent dollars.

You can also look to conventional speakers that would have been a bit compromised by small rooms.  

You may well be looking at an amplifier upgrade at some point, depending on what sort of load the speaker you choose presents.
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