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Upgrade to my system - Speakers maybe

I have been a long time reader, first time I am posting.  This will be my first upgrade in a while..  Other than Roon it has been like 6 or 7 years since I bought anything other than a Sonos for a bedroom.  

My current system is:

Rega P3-24 w/ Elys2
Rega Brio R
Marantz NA7004 Network Player
Revel Performa3 M106s with Revel stands
Sunfire HRS 8 Subwoofer
Streaming from a Mac via Roon
 
Room is 13' x 20' with 8' ceilings.  

Not sure if I should get book shelf speakers or bigger speakers.  They need to take up same amount of space.  Speakers now are like 3' from the back wall.  Size needs to be about the same.  I will be too close to the speakers if they are out any further.  

I listen to everything except hip-hop and country.  This is audio only.  I have a separate home theater. 

My budget is $6-7K. Maybe more if I can sell the Revels.  I can go higher if something wows me but I don't want to.  I did listen to one speaker, the Revel 126BEs.  Seemed like the obvious choice.  Way too metallic sounding.  I hated them.   



sunujing
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You should check out Spendor. I’ve owned a few models and I always enjoyed them!!
https://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=results&searchtext=spendor
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It's like asking which condiments to put on your hot dog. Local dealers usually will allow home demos of display and used equipment if you have the means to collect...Revel products that I've owned in the past were quite vulnerable to amplifier changes and I remember when I had the salons I had an Anthem 225I that was OK, then I moved to the Parasound A21 using a 2000 era krell as a pre and bass and things went from a 3 to a 5. Then I tried products from Hegel and the H360 brought the sound up a couple more clicks. I go further to say each improvement wasn't a trade off as the case so often when swapping speakers, but upgrading the amps on my revels removed layers and each upgrade got me closer, didn't change the way the speakers sound staged, just offered more clarity.
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There is a pair of MAGICO A3s here for $5700.00 they should sell for about $9800.00 JUMP ON THEM NOW!!!!What a deal!!HELLO!!
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did you see the damage?
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@audiokinesis If it is the speakers that I am seeing at James Romeyn site, they are different in terms of styling.  Which ones are you recommending?  

@yogiboy I like the look of the Spendor D7.2s.  They are an option but a bit pricey for my taste.  If these other options don't work out, I will try and hunt them down.  

@ebm  Disinclined to buy a speaker used that I can't return when my integrated is clearly incapable of driving it.  Additionally it is for local pickup in MN when I live just outside of NYC.  Pass.  

@steve59 Get your point about amplification.  Not sure what you mean about damage.

At this point I am interested in a few products.  Verdant has a pair of demos of their Nightshade.  It is similar in size to my Revels and I ought to be able to use my existing stands and it looks like they are extremely easy to drive.  Also looking at the Raidho X1s.  The review at The Absolute Sound suggest they are brilliant but am a little worried about my Rega paired with them.  Same dealer so that is easy and they are local to me in NYC metro so won't even have to pay return shipping, just gas and tolls.  

Going to try and find a Vienna Acoustics dealer to listen to as they look really nice.  

Beyond that, I think the Elys2 will go and maybe I will upgrade to an Exact2 and find a second HRS.  Nice thing is that if I don't like the sub, I can probably return it.  
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