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modest towers with high WAF for living room?

Looking for opinions on this one. I've been running with Paradigm Studio-20s (V5) for over a year and want to upgrade. This is for our living room, 100% 2ch music. The Studios have been a nice intro into quality speakers. Now, I'm looking for something with a bit more bass presence plus, I want to get away from speaker stands.
My living room is large, 14X24', but we tend to listen at low-mid levels ... jazz, blues, classical, folk, some rock. I don't blast or need "wall thumpers".

I really want these to be nice, attractive, to get buy-in from the wife! ; )

Budget? Well < $2K preferrably, $2500 max.

My priorities: high WAF, sonic upgrade from the Studio20s, modest size ... don't want them to dominate the room.

Some candidate
albireo13
mceljo
1,357 posts
 
For that price I'd consider Focal 816v speakers, but here's my main advice.

Narrow your search to two or three speakers that you like the sound of and then give her the final choice. In my case, I let my wife choose the finish and she hasn't complained a single time since I brought them home. The key is to give your wife some ownership in the choice that is made.
inna
7,839 posts
 
I would add Vienna to the list. Probably not the best choice for rock though.
inna
7,839 posts
 
I would do it the other way around. Ask your wife to give you two/three choices and make the final choice yourself. Because it should be yours.
jdoris
972 posts
 
Fritz Carbon 7s are bookshelves.

I'm pretty sure Fritz builds them as towers as well. If you like the sound, give him a call.

John
martykl
3,578 posts
 
Upscale Audio in SoCal has new (but discontinued) Opera Secondas listed at $2K on the "specials" section of their website. These are sorta Sonus Faber wannabes, and I doubt you'll score higher on the WAF side of the equation at $2K.

OTOH, I can't really speak to how they sound. The brand has a decent rep in general, but I've never heard this particular model.

Good Luck,

Marty
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