I agree with Danlevy. You would be well served with Hawks, or Forests from Totem used. They can live with your amplification and will really improve with a better amp like a bryston. Also, they work well close in and against walls and are an excellent small room speaker. You could also go with one of the stand mounted totem's but the floorstanders are easier to fit in. good luck.
Speakers that leave room to upgrade front-end
I'm looking for speakers for a small apartment-- listening area is about 10' x 10' and whole room is 13' wide x 27' long x 9.2' high and i listen across the width of the room. Very varied musical tastes-- I keep my music alphebetized, and a typical range from the "Ps": Charlie Parker, Maceo Parker, Gram Parsons, Pearl Jam, Michael Penn, Portishead, Pretenders, Prince...... What are your suggestions in the $1.5K range?
Please keep in mind that I don't want to get too far ahead of my front-end equipment-- I'm running a Rotel rsp-960ax preamp into a Parasound HCA-806 (6 X 80 wpc if I recall correctly). I anticipate upgrading the amp set-up to bi-amp the mains with a nice ss 2-channel amp like a little Bryston. Down the road, I definitely anticipate bi-amping the mains using the small solid state for the lows and a tube amp for the highs--nothing too esoteric though.
In short, I need speakers that will work nicely with my current mid-fi set-up but that will be good enough to take me through a couple substantive upgrades over the next several years. I've looked at the SF Concerto and the small Energy Veritas-- I'm very open to alternative suggestions.
Thanks,
D
Please keep in mind that I don't want to get too far ahead of my front-end equipment-- I'm running a Rotel rsp-960ax preamp into a Parasound HCA-806 (6 X 80 wpc if I recall correctly). I anticipate upgrading the amp set-up to bi-amp the mains with a nice ss 2-channel amp like a little Bryston. Down the road, I definitely anticipate bi-amping the mains using the small solid state for the lows and a tube amp for the highs--nothing too esoteric though.
In short, I need speakers that will work nicely with my current mid-fi set-up but that will be good enough to take me through a couple substantive upgrades over the next several years. I've looked at the SF Concerto and the small Energy Veritas-- I'm very open to alternative suggestions.
Thanks,
D