Going to the Europas first makes more sense to me, but the maker suggests a minimum of 50 tube watts or so. And you would need a greater minimum distance from the Europas than with the Spicas, imo.
Driver technology has improved. Old drivers also can deteriorate in certain ways. The Europas will give you more low end by themselves than the Spicas, and the Europas can crank on rock if you have the wattage for your size room in a way the Spicas never could (and on other music).
Getting the REL bass is not more important than what is happening above 45 hertz. And the Europas are cheaper than just about all new RELs are in the US....
Add a sub later (if you need to and don't mind losing time alignment at the low end - which I wouldn't mind, personally.)
If you want a fuller range sound in one box, albeit with a bit less of the good Europa qualities I've mentioned so far, you could look at the under 1k Vandersteen and NHT floorstanders.
Driver technology has improved. Old drivers also can deteriorate in certain ways. The Europas will give you more low end by themselves than the Spicas, and the Europas can crank on rock if you have the wattage for your size room in a way the Spicas never could (and on other music).
Getting the REL bass is not more important than what is happening above 45 hertz. And the Europas are cheaper than just about all new RELs are in the US....
Add a sub later (if you need to and don't mind losing time alignment at the low end - which I wouldn't mind, personally.)
If you want a fuller range sound in one box, albeit with a bit less of the good Europa qualities I've mentioned so far, you could look at the under 1k Vandersteen and NHT floorstanders.