Sonus Faber Maxima Amator without the fancy

Tekton Design is the WWE of the audio industry!

OP     without the fancy leather, marble stand and walnut casings. ~~~ Want to make it sound like the band is basically in my room, would love some pointers

All speakers sound different. Wavetouch audio (me) Antero speaker sounds the most live and close to the original music. Antero video. 

Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red, Wavetouch audio live recording

The room in video is 13’5’w x 22’L x 8’h. The speaker pair is $3,500. Speaker is very easy to drive (92db sensitive). Amp in video is solid state amp (35watts).

Below is very low cost set up (Marantz int amp $200, Project phono-pre $50) in my large shop (32’w x 44’L x 12’h).

Well Temper record player turntable 

Below are videos of Sonus Fabre. I hear how SF sounds like from these videos. They all sound similar. 

MAVIS M90 drives SONUS FABER Maxima Amator

Melbourne Hifi Show 2022 Sonus Faber Maxima Amator

Sonus Faber - Maxima Amator

Sonus Faber Maxima Amator - AMR 777

Alex/Wavetouch audio

My ProAc recommendation above was based on your liking the SFs but wanting less bling. Based on the discussion on placement you might consider large Ohm Omni speakers. They are very placement friendly. The presentation is the music is all around us rather than live on stage.

https://ohmspeaker.com/

These will perform better for far less:

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2.5-way-speaker-kits/satori-rinjani-textreme-2.5-way-speaker-kit-pair-with-cabinets/

I will seek these out to try this weekend if I can find them in stores around Denver.  I greatly appreciate the feedback!