Speakers for Rock - up to 1kusd

I have the 685s in a smaller living room system, hooked up to a Berkeley DAC and Innersound amp; preampless and it sounds pretty sweet. The punch WAY above their weight class.  GREAT pair of speakers for that amount of money.  I am probably going to pick up a send pair for my office at work, to use with a tubed intergraded, unless I go for almost doubleld the money and get a pair of Totem Rainmakers..  (I love Totem Rainmakers for small speakers- and rock-dynamics and bass galore.  

Welcome Gustavos.

This is probably not what your were hoping to hear for your first post, but I got to tell it to you anyway brother.

As long as you have a Yamaha AVR, that is very limited in what it can properly drive, you have to strike off every speaker on your list with the exception of the Paradigm 20 and Monitor Audio S6. These are the only two your Yamaha would be able to properly drive.

Speakers should be selected by how well they will match with your current amp and which ones sound best to you. Not us.

The impedance and sensitivity ratings of all the others would not be a good match for your Yamaha - it would struggle. Especially with your preference for rock music. So don’t feel bad about not affording the SF Venere - you couldn’t drive it. Concentrate on auditioning the Paradigms and MA’s and any other speakers that have an impedance of 8ohms or greater, and sensitivity ratings in the 90’s. Or consider upgrading your amp to one that is 4ohm rated at the same time as your select your speakers. Good luck.

Many thanks for your feedback. So the BW 685 could be a good buy, according to Extravaganza and Cerrot - thought the Dyaundio too, and was afraid that BW were not 'rock' speakers as I've heard many times.

Paraneer: thanks for your honest opinion. And yes, I am conscious that I need to get rid of the Yamaha, but wanted to match the amp according to the speakers I will finally choose, with the feedback from you.

I have seen very good reviews for the Studio 20, but don't know if I need a perfect 'clear' speaker if does not come with a good, or best of breed, bass dynamics.

Paradigm Monitor 11 if you can swing them- amazing for rock.  Next best from there would be the PSB X2T.  Really good speakers.  

Like paraneer says, it is best to match amp and speakers, however it is important to look at some specs carefully. The Paradigm 20 and B&W 685 have almost identical specs.

B&W 685 - 87db, 8 ohm dropping to a 3.5 ohm minimum
Paradigm 20 - 87db, 8 ohm dropping to a 3.45 ohm minimum

Paraneer's comment about a sensitivity rating of 90db for the Paradigm is a room sensitivity rating, not anechoic chamber which is 87db, the same as the B&W 685 anechoic rating. IMHO, the match of these to the amp is very similar.

The Dynaudio x14's spec is a low 85db, measuring even lower, so agree it should be avoided.