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Please forgive the naive questions. I'm getting my Sansui AU-11000 refurbished and would like to upgrade my speakers. Showed the Misses and was exposed to a serious case of mad wife disease. Towers of any kind are out. Don't have a listening room per se, just a 350sq.ft. living room in which I mostly listen to CDs - lots of acoustic guitar, bluegrass and of course all the rock I grew up with. At the risk of sounding like a complete Philistine, my current speakers are Bose 901 series VI. Best monitor sized 2-channel speakers in you opinion? Could spend 1-2K.
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martykl
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General rule of thumb is that when WAF is at work, think Italian. Sonus Faber and Opera both make fine moniors dressed up as furniture. Upscale Audio usually has the Opera stuff at steep discounts.

Good Luck

Marty
john_z
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In addition to the good advice given above, you might want to narrow your search to speakers which provide a boundary compensation adjustment for positioning them near a room boundary. I find that one of the biggest issues with the waf isn't how the speakers look but where they are placed in the room for the best sound. It's pointless to buy a speaker designed to sound best in free space only to put it right against the wall on a shelf - bass response and imaging will suffer. On the other hand, having the speaker three or four feet into the room on stands and easy to trip over just to sound good will not win any kudos from your spouse.

Your Sansui should easily drive any modern reasonably efficient speaker without clipping especially if it's been able to drive your 901 "watt sponges" all these years.

I would look at monitors like the Revel Performa M22 or the Snell J7 which both offer the room boundary compensation feature.
freediver
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Seasons greetings fellow A'goner.Ok here's what you do.Get yourself a pair of Dynaudio Audience 42's or even better a pair of Focus 110's.They are physically small but play MUCH bigger.Thier sound will KILL the Bose your used to.Put them on a good pair of 30"-36"stands(Studio Tech SP series or similar).They can be placed closer to the back wall which will help bass response as well as free up some much needed space in your smallish room.Re cable the system but don't get crazy.Lastly spend a couple of hundred $'s on some WELL recorded music,ESPECIALLY music that your wife enjoys listening to.Once she gets a taste of really good tunes she will be much more receptive to changes in the system & or listening room.Good luck & have a great holiday.
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