Suggest Speakers for Peachtree Nova


I'm in the market for a pair of monitors to use with the Peachtree Nova for a home office. I want to stay under $1K new or used.
My room is 12'x12' 10' ceilings and carpet. I listen to Jazz and classical. I need your suggestions!
pastor_k
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.
Thanks guys... You've given me some great suggestions. I've never seen the Ohm's before. I would love to hear them. I live in a very limited market on high end audio. We have a B&W dealer and the Magnolia room at Best Buy. That's it! Lots of installers who can "get me" speakers, but no where to audition them. So your help is very valuable to me.

What do you guys think of the Quad 12L2?