Upgrading from Monitor Audio Silver 5i's?


I've had my MA Silver 5i's for around 5 years and have been very pleased with them. They've sounded good and my wife was happy with the size and appearance.

I'm wanting to do an upgrade on the speakers. The new (or used) ones must maintain a relatively small footprint and probably not be taller than 36-38 inches.

My room is around 17x17x9 feet. I use a NAD C540 cd player and an Outlaw 1050 receiver. Eventually I may be able upgrade these components as well.

I'm wanting the speakers primarily for music (jazz), however, they will sometimes be called upon to be part of a 5.1 movie setup.

And I'm want to keep the cost under $1200.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris
hi4head

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Some additional info.

I've done a number of searches and looked through reviews, websites, etc.

Totem looks like it might be what I'm looking for.

Has anyone heard these versus the MA's?

Other ideas?

Thanks, Chris
Thanks for the advice Mike.

This is an option I hadn't thought of. I guess that this means finding better capacitors at the same micro-Farad value (if I remember my EE classes), maybe different wires, etc.

Hopefully I can to this without tearing my speakers up and only having parts at the end.

Have a great weekend.

Chris