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What do I buy?

I have a decent Emotiva surround receiver capable of 250 watts per channel (I think, I'm not near the unit) and I'm looking for decent speakers to go with it. By decent, I mean high end but not ridiculous, I could go to $5000 for two front, two rear and a center speaker.

I don't want a sub woofer but the two fronts at least should have decent bass, so not Magnaplanars unless they also have a decent woofer. I've seen combos like that by Martin Logan.

I'm out of touch with what's out there so any opinions are very welcome.

Thanks - rev
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shadorne
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Paradigm Prestige Series?
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My first research would be with Monitor Audio Silver speakers. I have had the Bronze and Silver series and they are good for HT, plus the front floorstanders would be decent two channel stereo speakers. If you can work a deal (without the sub) you might be able to get the gold series 200 without the subwoofer. Check out Audio Advisor. My second place to look would be the Elac series from Music Direct. Both of these brands make decent two channel speakers that would "voice" tonally the same as a HT package setup and can offer good front floorstanders. Why not try to get a pair of respectable 2 channel speakers with your HT money? My two cents...

BTW Andrew Jones is the main engineer/designer for Elac speakers. He also designs speakers for Pioneer and TAD.
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I'm using an Oppo UDP-205 4K player connected directly to an Emotiva XPA-7 Gen 3 amp for one of my surround systems in my downstairs showroom. I'm using a pair of KEF R500s for the front channels, a KEF R600C for the center, and a pair of R300s on a pair of stands for the side channels. If you are capable of installing in wall speakers, you could add KEF-CI200QL speakers for the rear. The price for all of the KEFs including the speaker stands, and excluding the in walls, would be $6200. If you substituted the KEF CI200QL in walls for the R300s, your price would be $4900. If you replaced the R300s with the smaller R100s, your price would be $5300. I hope that helps. Here is a review that I found that might be of interest.
http://hdgear.highdefdigest.com/34168/kefrseriesloudspeakers.html
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