Upgrade to my system - Speakers maybe


I have been a long time reader, first time I am posting.  This will be my first upgrade in a while..  Other than Roon it has been like 6 or 7 years since I bought anything other than a Sonos for a bedroom.  

My current system is:

Rega P3-24 w/ Elys2
Rega Brio R
Marantz NA7004 Network Player
Revel Performa3 M106s with Revel stands
Sunfire HRS 8 Subwoofer
Streaming from a Mac via Roon
 
Room is 13' x 20' with 8' ceilings.  

Not sure if I should get book shelf speakers or bigger speakers.  They need to take up same amount of space.  Speakers now are like 3' from the back wall.  Size needs to be about the same.  I will be too close to the speakers if they are out any further.  

I listen to everything except hip-hop and country.  This is audio only.  I have a separate home theater. 

My budget is $6-7K. Maybe more if I can sell the Revels.  I can go higher if something wows me but I don't want to.  I did listen to one speaker, the Revel 126BEs.  Seemed like the obvious choice.  Way too metallic sounding.  I hated them.   



sunujing
@mijostyn  I hate the look of the Klipsch.  Not of interest.

@mwh777 Good suggestion.  I have always found the bass on the Elys2 to be a bit loose compare to digital.  

@dekay Love this suggestion along with that of the cartridge.  Modest prices and likely to deliver big returns


Sunujing, I know you said that the size needed to be similar to your Revels, and that they couldn’t be placed more than 3 feet out into the room. Might speakers considerably larger than the Revels be a possibility if they are designed to go up against the wall? How about if the top of the speaker was a nice friendly flat surface, instead of domed like the Revels, so that they gave you back some usable space? 

Duke  
speaker manufacturer
It's like asking which condiments to put on your hot dog. Local dealers usually will allow home demos of display and used equipment if you have the means to collect...Revel products that I've owned in the past were quite vulnerable to amplifier changes and I remember when I had the salons I had an Anthem 225I that was OK, then I moved to the Parasound A21 using a 2000 era krell as a pre and bass and things went from a 3 to a 5. Then I tried products from Hegel and the H360 brought the sound up a couple more clicks. I go further to say each improvement wasn't a trade off as the case so often when swapping speakers, but upgrading the amps on my revels removed layers and each upgrade got me closer, didn't change the way the speakers sound staged, just offered more clarity.
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