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Which used speakers in the 5K range?

Hi,
I have four little kids running around the living room, where my system is, and I'm starting to be too worried about my Alto Utopias and/or any other relatively expensive speakers I might have.
In the past I've owned a few Vintage speakers: Kef 104/2, Celestion Ditton 66, JBL 250 Ti originals, etc and the memories of all of them are very positive.
I'm thinking to maybe go back down the vintage aisle for a more modestly priced pair but can that still play good music.
Would anyone have any thoughts or recommendations where to head, may it be a vintage pair or a more modestly priced modern unit?

I currently have Jadis JA80 to power my speakers.
Room size is about 5x8x3.5 meters and listening point is about half way through the long side of the room.
Speakers are located about 1m from the back wall.

Thanks a lot for your advice.
amuseb

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amuseb OP
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Thanks all for the recommendations so far. Looking forward to more, if anyone has them.

Johnnyb53, my third daughter, that is just now turning 3, has poked the tweeters three (yes, three) times and I'm not sure she'd had enough... my fourth, a son, is now 6 months old and I'm not tempted to test if he takes after his sister or chooses to let the tweeters alone.
The issue with poked tweeters is not just their substantial cost but also the hassle it takes to fix them.
I'm also not looking forward to day when I walk into the living room and there's a smiley face drawn on both mediums.

Thanks again.
amuseb OP
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Thanks again for the many interesting comments. I'm looking into them all carefully.
One important point I didn't mention was that my poor self lives in Paris (France, not Texas) and a few of the speakers you mentioned are US manufactured with no representation on this side of the pond which makes it more difficult to own namely from service perspective but not only (reselling, cost including shipment and taxes, etc).
It would make more sense to either stick with one of the European manufacturers or any larger distributed non-European brand (Verity, Rockport, ML, JBL, Avalon, etc).

Thanks again for your help and regards from a sunny Paris.
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