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New Speakers $10K -$20K

Hi everyone. A few bullet points and thank you all for your advice! Sorry for the length just trying to help you to help me.

* A Florida family room untreated and large. 30’ x 30’ with 12’ cathedral ceiling.
* I sit basically on left half of the room, the right side of the room is billiards and wet bar.
* I just turned 65, so these are my forever speakers!
* I am 70% HT and watching TV, and 30% 2Ch, but with a little room improvement 2ch listening will go up. I want better sounding 2 ch but I’m in a very live room.
* The front wall “half width” of my room is a stacked-stone marble wall.
* to my rear is a 16’ opening to a large kitchen.
* to my immediate left is a window 40” and 12’ of sliders looking into pool.
* just sold Paradigm Persona 7F towers, (2) Persona subs and Persona center ch. Amazing speakers in a poor large room. But I do think the Be. mid-range became a bit fatiguing.
* I need a company that also makes a great center ch for HT., Legacy Audio does.

Based on WAF etc. some treatments will be done but not greatly. More pillows, a defuser or two, maybe a bit more.

My needs: warmth, no harshness at the top, not massive speakers, WAF!
I still love movies with the grandkids, big subwoofers won’t be approved. “Eye Candy” is what she likes beautiful cabinetry, Sonus Fabre, and custom finishes available from Bill D. at Legacy.

Current candidates are:
1. Sonus Fabre Amati Tradition in the red stained finish - “gorgeous”, her favorite!
2. Legacy Calibres in a custom veneer with 2+ subs that are not too big. I really love the Aeris with Wavelet processor but they are too tall for her! Remember this is a family room.m we use for everything.
3. Sonus Fabre Serafino Tradition in the same beautiful red stain wood veneer.
4. Spendor, not terribly familiar but they do make a center ch, and are respected and are considered warm. Really wish Harbeth made a center ch.

Now I am looking forward to your suggestions!
Related equipment:
Classe’ CAV 180 - 5 x 180W
Marantz 8805 Pre-pro
Oppo 203
Innuous streamer/DVD ripper
Kaleidescape movie server 
Sonance DSP 8-130 MK2 for surrounds
Paradigm in ceiling (3pr) for surrounds 

Thank you all!
Dave





dave1980
james633
886 posts
 
Some eye/ear candy. 
https://youtu.be/DR3dZEHPg38


ghdprentice
6,342 posts
 
I have Sonus Fabre Amati Traditional. They are wonderful speakers and are placed center to a room roughly of the same size. They are gorgeous, although outside your price target. They fill the room with sound well. 
gregm
3,395 posts
 
Taking into account room size and WAF, the undisputable choice seems to be the Sonus Faber Amati.
The Legacy might be small for your room. Great speakers though.

gmercer
193 posts
 
Focal Sopra checks every box you’ve laid out. With a room that size, I believe the largest model, the Sopra 3’s would be appropriate. And that’s great considering they are the best sounding in the line, if you have enough room to handle them (too much bass if the room is too small).They are great for movies/HT. I use them dual purpose music movies as well. I believe Focal makes a center channel. I haven’t found that necessary. They have beautiful cabinetry, especially the two new 40th anniversary colors. Pure eye candy. They always get complimented. They have a rich, full bodied sound.They come in your budget at $20k. If the 3’s are too massive, the Sopra 2’s still check every box (they’re the ones I have).
ebm
9,311 posts
 
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