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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
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
dgaylin
255 posts
 
Oh, and Totem Hawks are very nice (and small), but the Forests are definitely better IMHO.
pubul57
3,712 posts
 
A used pair of Merlin VSMs - beautiful in piano black and bass performance (with the BAM) that belies is small footprint.
mceljo
1,357 posts
 
Do you know what you wife likes or dislikes about the way speakers look? It might surprise you. My wife hates the "V" look on my Focal's, but it's fairly hidden in black which is a big part of why she chose that finish.
albireo13 OP
78 posts
 
She doesn't like the techno look ... weird shapes, etc. I think she'd divorce me if I brought home some Gallos! : )

Speakers with attractive veneerwork, that blend into the living room. Thus, a modest size that doesn't dominate the room in appearance.

The Salks come to mind, as do the Totems. I'll have to come up with a handful (5-10) of candidate pictures to show her and have her give me feedback.

I'll post my results. : )

The Fritz Carbon 7s ... I didn't know they were available as towers! I'll check on that.
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