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$10K or less speakers for 20x20 rm with open back

Willing to spend about $7500-10K for speakers to place in my family room which has an open back to the kitchen, with the family room being about 20x20.. I do not have a system at all right now, unless you count my iPhone and Bose docking system, so anything I get will be a major improvement.

Aside from being unsure about the power and components, I have listened to these 3 speakers so far....Focal 1038be, Aerial 7T and Salk SoundScape 8. Most of the time the system will be on for general use but when I get the chance i really like to listen to the music loud.

Considering going to the Capital Audio Fest in 2 weeks to get an idea of else maybe out there.

Any comments on the 3 speakers mentioned above and if there are other things I should consider that price range?

Thanks.
seanile
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islandmandan
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My room is of similar size (16' X 34' w/cathedral ceilings), and my custom built 12" Tannoy HPD's, are able to fill this large room to very good effect with as little as 9 Wpc (SET 300B), but they have also sounded extremely good with 300 Wpc of solid state amplification.

You might consider investigating Tannoy.

Regards,
Dan
seanile OP
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Also looking at Revel Studio 2. Open to suggestions.
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dodgealum
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I'll be hanging with Lou in the Daedalus room on Saturday at CAF and agree that these are worth having a listen if you are at the show. He will have the Ulysses and the new Muse--not sure I understand your room configuration based on your OP so hard to say which Daedalus model would be best. Do you mean the speakers fire into a 20 X 20 space that opens into another room behind the listening position? If so it would help to know the overall dimension since you could be looking at a pretty large room to fill. How far can you move the speakers out into the room? Hope to see you at the show!
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dodgealum
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I forgot to mention that I did audition the Aerial 7's (not T) many years ago and it was a very good speaker when provided enough power. The speaker seemed very amp dependent so system matching was important but when set up properly they sounded very good. The Daedalus are in another league, however, compared to the original Aerial 7s.
seanile OP
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I am about 50/50 on attending the CAF, all depends if I can hold out that long and also if a killer deal should come up. I do think even the Focal 1027 would work (the ones listed on here) but I have a tendency to go bigger. That's why I am looking at the Focal 1038be. Figure I'm mentally at $7500 and if a preowned pair came up of Revel Studio 2/Focal 1038be, Aerial 7T or Salk SoundScape 8's came up for significantly less I'd have to jump on it and realize that it's better than what I have now, which is nothing.

Still need to figure out power as well. Think a Hegel h300 would power any of the above speakers OK?
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