Speaker suggestions


Greetings,

I know this is a difficult question to answer, but any opinions are welcome.

Here is my situation. I listen mostly to pop and classical, including many symphonies. About 15x25 feet (5x8m) untreated room. 20wpc Decware amp currently driving 15 y/o LSI 15 polks. Polks are doing fine, nothing wrong with them. I am the 2nd owner.

I am considering an upgrade to my speakers. Would like to have full (or near full) range speakers, no sub, strongly prefer something made (assembled, not just designed) in the US, with 2-3k budget.

One option is to refurb/upgrade the Polks. About 1k gets me new premium crossover, new damping material, full inspection, and cleaning with some cosmetic finish work at a local well regarded audio shop.

The other option is buying something new. I plan to keep the system for at least 15-20 years, so need something well built, with solid fit/finish, and good internal electronics so I do not need to recap for at least 15 years.

Prefer new but will consider lightly used option if find something specific I like.

Have been looking lately at Tecton DI and Impact towers. Some posts mentioned that they do not measure very well, but I did not see any charts on the forums or on their site. Mostly great user reviews,
Other options are Ascend Acoustics Sierra towers, Klipsch Reference, SVS ultra towers. I think those are all US made. Spatial audio has great reviews, but not sure how well they handle complex classical music. 

Can you please provide comments/suggestions? Any other options worth considering. I am not much of DIY person.

Thanks much.
sophie999
Thank you. I am in northern Illinois. Audiocircle us a good resource. Will post there as well.
I just received my Sierra Towers (RAAL) last week and my initial impression is that I'm incredibly impressed.  I'm coming from a pair of 1992 Mirage M3si's, so the only thing lacking is the deeper bass from the passive 10" woofers.  I have a Rythmik F15HP on it's way right now to remedy that, but the bass is just fine for listening at anything under high volume.  They're also much easier to drive considering they are about 7ish dB more efficient over the Mirage depending on which specs you're looking at.  These live in one half of my basement (about 3500 cu.ft. on that side) and at the level my wife and I listen, which is as loud as we can go without pain over hours of listening, these things can bring my house down.  The basement ceiling tiles and insulation are gone while I'm in the middle of replacing them, and in this state, the volume on the second floor would prevent someone from sleeping as it's about as loud as a low-volume television in a closed room.  Our baby didn't wake up but she sleeps through anything.

Music-wise we run the gamut from Steely Dan, David Bowie, Morrissey, Pearl Jam, Jeff Beck, SRV, Rickie Lee Jones, and Supertramp to whatever 90s and 2000s R&B and Rap my wife puts on which I can't recognize but it makes her happy and she can dance around.  With all that said we almost exclusively listen to studio recordings so I can't comment on full-blown orchestral offerings.  With that in mind, the reproduction has been astonishing.  We're looking forward to integrating the sub next weekend.