Suggest Speakers for Peachtree Nova

as will I for the affordable Rega R1s. I'd be psyched to hear the Ohms on the Nova too.

I auditioned it with several speakers, and found that with the Rega R-3's it ran out of steam and clipped. We were looking for floor standers and ended up with the Audio Physic Yaras - a good match. Vandersteen 1c's were a good match too. I don't think it's a very strong amplifier though, so make sure your speakers are easy to drive.

Hey Peter - Great input! I'd forgot about that. So the Yara's are 90db at 4 ohms and the Era 5's I've heard are 85db at 8 ohms and sounded great in the small room they were in pushed by a Nova. I don't recall whether they were pushed very hard though. The Ohm Micro Walsh that we both have (I have short, Peter has tall) is 87db at 6ohms. How do you think they'd do? I was looking at the size of the OP's room (unfortunate proportions), and what they listen to also. I thought in a smaller space like that, and a square room, omnidirectional may fair well if the Nova had enough juice.

OHM Walshes almost always sound fuller with dedicated amps that generally deliver more current, but I would have to think 80w/ch in general should do a decent job.

I've run larger OHM Walshes off an 80w/ch Tandberg receiver in the past in a much larger room with very good (but still not optimal) results.

Ohm Micros didn't do well at all with my 20 wpc EL84 amp, but sound pretty darn good with my 50wpc Audio Refinement complete. I'm not sure whether the Nova is as strong of an amplifier as the AR Complete.