Upgrade to my system - Speakers maybe

did you see the damage?

@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.  

Sunujing wrote: "@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?"

The Azel Stand-Mount ("SM"), with your subwoofers providing the extension south of 60 Hz. The Azel Stand-Mount can go up against the wall if the cabinets are toed-in aggressively, which in turn results in a very wide sweet spot. The ports can be plugged as well, depending on how much boundary reinforcement the speakers are getting.

You might contact Jim Romeyn and ask about the demo pair shown in the photos.

Duke

I was referring to the recommendation for the A3 on ag the previous post mentions, If you consider them look at the pics closely.

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