Shopping for new speakers

The SF Venere 2.5's are certainly a good match as far as your amps being able to drive them are concerned.  You would have no problems.

Whether they are a good match for your ears is another matter.  So have you heard them and like them?  If you haven't, I agree with Nonoise.  Your going to get a lot of suggestions and and make every effort to audition to find the right speaker for you.

I dont have a dealer here in memphis that deals sonus faber so i am going to drive to nashville to audition them this weekend. I am really looking for a speaker that that does well with my equipment but is wife friendly as well. I was told that the B&W match very well with classe equipment but a little outside my budget

If you like B&W, you would probably like Vandersteen's, and your amps would certainly be able to drive a pair of 3a sigs which are well below $3K used.

I own the Vandersteen 3A Sigs and think they are screaming bargain even at their new retail price.  That said, I came from B&Ws and don't think they have a similar sound. Before buying, I listened to a number of the newer B&Ws that have the Kevlar midrange (CM series) and didn't care for them at all; that Kevlar cone is doing something awful to voices; I can't believe that that Kevlar cone is behaving a remotely pistonic fashion.  I think you need to go up to the 800 series to avoid that midrange, at which point you're in a whole new price range.  

Unfortunately, I don't think the Vandersteen 3A Sig excels at integrating with decor.  As others have said, it is kind of a big ol' monolith.  But boy does it sound fantastic!!!

Yes , I have heard the 3A sigs and they fill the bill on sound quality but are quite large. I could Probably go for a larger stand mount speaker as i do have 2 rel subs. I am looking for a speaker that will disapear