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Looking for speaker recommendations

I am trading in my PMC Twenty5.26’s and looking for new speakers. My room is 15 ft. L x 12 ft. W with a 8 ft. ceiling. The speakers will be driven by Metaxas Solitaire monoblocks and a Devialet 200 pre-amp. Some speakers that I can get in my price range are:
B&W 804 D3
Legacy Audio Signature SE
Paradigm Persona F3
Vivid Audio B1
Joseph Audio Perspectives
Dynaudio Contour 60
Magico A3
I am looking for a greater soundstage and bottom end slam while maintaining the clarity of the PMC’s. I listened to the B&W’s and Paradigms and preferred the B&W’s. Not sure if any of the other speakers would be too much for my room or not? Any comments on these speakers would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

darrenmc
adg101
1,063 posts
 
Second the B&W’s as the D3 series are very good.
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steve59
1,818 posts
 
I think the C60 is overlooked and with a new line coming out dealers are considering any reasonable offer. they’re tall with 2 9" woofers and I only got a half hour with them. My experience with the entire persona line is BASS, BASS and more BASS the higher the number the deeper the bass. The Contour’s didn’t carry me on a wave of bass, but presented it impressively. I’m currently enjoying some Usher Dancers that I got a sweet deal on and of your list nothing would replace them except maybe those A3’s with a sealed box might have the best bass of all of them.                                                                        
soix
10,110 posts
 
I think with that size room you should try the Joseph Audio Pulsars instead of the Perspectives.  I haven't heard the latest B&Ws, but my impression is that they're a step up over the Kevlar driver models of yore.  I will say IMHO, there's nothing those older B&Ws did better than JA speakers.  Anyway, by all means go hear the Pulsars if you can. 
erik_squires
16,645 posts
 
Monitor Audio, but not sure if they’ll have the slam you are looking for.

Wilson’s are a possible choice as well.

Highly recommend GIK Acoustic treatments first. They’ll make any speaker sound it’s best.
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