New Speakers $10K -$20K


Hi everyone. A few bullet points and thank you all for your advice! Sorry for the length just trying to help you to help me.

* A Florida family room untreated and large. 30’ x 30’ with 12’ cathedral ceiling.
* I sit basically on left half of the room, the right side of the room is billiards and wet bar.
* I just turned 65, so these are my forever speakers!
* I am 70% HT and watching TV, and 30% 2Ch, but with a little room improvement 2ch listening will go up. I want better sounding 2 ch but I’m in a very live room.
* The front wall “half width” of my room is a stacked-stone marble wall.
* to my rear is a 16’ opening to a large kitchen.
* to my immediate left is a window 40” and 12’ of sliders looking into pool.
* just sold Paradigm Persona 7F towers, (2) Persona subs and Persona center ch. Amazing speakers in a poor large room. But I do think the Be. mid-range became a bit fatiguing.
* I need a company that also makes a great center ch for HT., Legacy Audio does.

Based on WAF etc. some treatments will be done but not greatly. More pillows, a defuser or two, maybe a bit more.

My needs: warmth, no harshness at the top, not massive speakers, WAF!
I still love movies with the grandkids, big subwoofers won’t be approved. “Eye Candy” is what she likes beautiful cabinetry, Sonus Fabre, and custom finishes available from Bill D. at Legacy.

Current candidates are:
1. Sonus Fabre Amati Tradition in the red stained finish - “gorgeous”, her favorite!
2. Legacy Calibres in a custom veneer with 2+ subs that are not too big. I really love the Aeris with Wavelet processor but they are too tall for her! Remember this is a family room.m we use for everything.
3. Sonus Fabre Serafino Tradition in the same beautiful red stain wood veneer.
4. Spendor, not terribly familiar but they do make a center ch, and are respected and are considered warm. Really wish Harbeth made a center ch.

Now I am looking forward to your suggestions!
Related equipment:
Classe’ CAV 180 - 5 x 180W
Marantz 8805 Pre-pro
Oppo 203
Innuous streamer/DVD ripper
Kaleidescape movie server 
Sonance DSP 8-130 MK2 for surrounds
Paradigm in ceiling (3pr) for surrounds 

Thank you all!
Dave





dave1980
JUMP ON MAGICO,ROCKPORT or VIMBERG ASAP!!And check the other 20 threads.HELLO!!
You will get the most for your money with made in USA Legacy. The Focus XD/Wavelet and Marquis center channel will be perfect for your application/room size/WAF.

None of the other speaker companies mentioned offer room correction done right.
@vinylvalet, done right? That is open to argument. That they do it at all is a big plus. I have not had the chance to listen to their speakers but will if they are at the next show I go to. I am not a big AMT fan.
I should I am not opposed to buying used or demos. And yes I might consider adding a quality integrated for 2 ch.. i might raise my budget a bit to say $25k total. The Legacy Focus XD with Wavelet processor is being considered. With a active bottom section and no need to buy subs the budget and WAF seem acceptable. However those speakers (any speakers) will need to be close 6-12” from the stone wall and they are rear ported, any thoughts? Would a Lyngdorf MP60 be a big upgrade over the Marantz 8805  - it’s room correction technology is now being used by Mac.

Last, any thoughts on a used warm integrated? I am leaning a bit towards Sonus Fabre but more research to be done. Thank you all again!

Dave