Intimate, warm and holographic alternative

My new system aboard our Nordhavn 56’ MSV “Princess Cindy”, (posted here because virtual systems page seems to be busted):

Turntable:  Rega RP3, selection of half a dozen various moving coil phono cartridges. 
CD & BluRay player: OPPO. 
Preamp:  Pro-ject tube box. 
Speakers: Pair of Martin-Logan ESL-X & Motion 6I center channel speaker. 
AM/FM tuner: Sony STJX-380. 
Bridged amps, running as dual mono blocks:  INFI Audio hybrid SS and tube (tube driver and solid state output stages) 2X50 RMS WPC power amplifier.  
Home-brew signal inverter, feeding right channel power amplifier and IR remote controlled stereo volume &  width controller from schematic on Elliott Sound Products website. 
Video projector: LG HU80 KA 4K UHD CineBeam, 2500 lumens; with motorized projector screen. 
Home-brew 0.9999 fine silver 18 AWG speaker cables and 22 AWG RCA interconnects. 

Subwoofers: 2X Sound-barrier SBLA 2X18” with 2X NOBSOUND 100 watt subwoofer amps. 
Home-brew .9999 fine silver 16 AWG subwoofer cables. 

Vandersteen are great value and great sound. They image well and are not fatiguing.  Altec was mentioned, these things can rock out but are a bit agricultural looking. Volti are a modern variation and look stunning. They have a few models.

@atmasphere  mentioned using a DBA. This system does more than just add bass. It smooths out bass performance and provides an improvement that goes beyond what one would expect. IMO a DBA will enhance any speaker even if the main speakers can go down to 20 Hz because the optimum positioning of bass drivers does not align with the optimum placement for hearing a believable sound stage.

Room treatment should also be considered if you hope to have the main speakers 'disappear'

Warm, inviting, holographic, intimate,........take Klipsch off the list.

Check the crossover freq’s , where they are crossed at for the midrange and tweeter freq’s. 
   Beware metal dome tweeters, give a listen first.
not that they are bad, but some are set at a much higher frequency through t he crossover, and they can be a bit in your face,......only some, which is why “listening AND hearing speakers” before a purchase is the most important. 
   Bought mine from only a 10 min audition at a now closed box store. 
   Audition as much as you can..bring in your own amp if possible, your own music, tape, cd, LP,  any good salesman will set up what you want to make the sale.
I know I did, worked at Barrett’s in a local shopping mall for a couple years, I was honest, believe it or not, told the people whole truths’
   We carried some garbage audio at the time, and I was not gonna recommend fischer speakers, or a low level receiver by pioneer. 
    I would quietly send them to sound and vision audio just across the street.  Who carried, carver, adcom, paradigm, Onkyo integra, pioneer elite, B&w, m&k, snell, etc etc......

    a few times, the owner(s) of sound and vision, would walk in ask for me, and a private audition, just to chat with me about me being a “double agent” as they said, thanking me for sending business their way, as they were a small operation, and appreciated the business and traffic. 

   Back on track,.....sorry for the derail!

Swallow all Pride.....

Best audio bargain out there.

PSB 300 Bookshelf.

Sit back enjoy the music.
Plays 10x their footprint.

$80.00 used.