Thanks for all the responses. Some really good information here. To answer some of the questions, my main goal is to ideally have a speaker system that works across most of the living room, specially the 2 sitting areas. Ideally it will sound great in the kitchen while I am cooking, as well as both sitting areas.
On what music do I listen too, its mostly latin music (salsa etc) & old rock (the beatles, elton john, david bowie etc). I mostly listen to digital recordings.
On which speakers do I like, I currently have 2 other listening rooms (in different apartments). One has B&W 805d2 & the other Sonus Faber Olympica 3's. I used to like the B&W but have grown tired of them, I prefer the musicality of the Olympicas. I am planning on replacing the 805d2's with Focal Diablo Utopias. The big difference is both of this room's are audio rooms, with a specific listening position that honestly is very narrow. For the new living room I was hoping I could use a different kind of speaker to make the listening positions wider - thus I thought omni-directional speakers would work best.
I could buy a pair of Focal Maestros' which I really love, but they have a narrow listening field.
On which amp's, cables etc. I have bought nothing yet. My plan is likely buy the same brand as the speakers manufacturer for amp's etc, or just buy McIntosh which I really like.
On what music do I listen too, its mostly latin music (salsa etc) & old rock (the beatles, elton john, david bowie etc). I mostly listen to digital recordings.
On which speakers do I like, I currently have 2 other listening rooms (in different apartments). One has B&W 805d2 & the other Sonus Faber Olympica 3's. I used to like the B&W but have grown tired of them, I prefer the musicality of the Olympicas. I am planning on replacing the 805d2's with Focal Diablo Utopias. The big difference is both of this room's are audio rooms, with a specific listening position that honestly is very narrow. For the new living room I was hoping I could use a different kind of speaker to make the listening positions wider - thus I thought omni-directional speakers would work best.
I could buy a pair of Focal Maestros' which I really love, but they have a narrow listening field.
On which amp's, cables etc. I have bought nothing yet. My plan is likely buy the same brand as the speakers manufacturer for amp's etc, or just buy McIntosh which I really like.