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Large speaker recommendation

I've lived with the Sonus faber Elipsa speakers for 10+ years. Now thinking about upgrading to something with a bigger sound. Elipsa sounds great with classical music but not so great with pop/percussion type of music in my system/room. I do listen to classical music most of the time though, but hope to get a pair of speakers that are good in both worlds. Have also owned Tekton DI and Audio Solutions Figaro XL (really big, too big) but looking for something better, under $30k used or new, aesthetically pleasing. My system consists of: Mark Levinson No. 33H monos, Mark Levinson No. 523 preamp, Aesthetix Io signature phonostage, Basis Ovasion turntable, Vyger Atlantis turntable, digital components include Okto Dac8 Stereo, Oppo UDP-205, AMR DP-777 dac, Schiit Yggdrasil, and Bryston BDA 3.14. Room dimensions: 20x15x9 ft. Thanks! Ron

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lhasaguy
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Everyone is going to recommend the big speakers they have, for example I would suggest Maggie’s.  That said, it is your ears and your room and your budget.

 

There is no substitute for listening to a well set up system, be it another audiophile or a dealer who knows how to stage a room.  Give planar a a listen, they are not for everyone, but many of us became hooked at the first listen in a well set up room.

 

Good luck in your journey!

vittles
21 posts
 

SoundLab Ultimate 

fiesta75
1,378 posts
 

JBL K2 s9900 or s5500.

ohlala
1,236 posts
 

While JBL and Revel would natural choices for ML amplification and have ’big’ sound, they are both large departures from the SF sound. I kind of think used Wilson Sasha and Rockport speakers. There are a lot of good speakers for you to choose from, though.

ghdprentice
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I guess I would say that more contemporary Sonus Faber are much more versatile without loosing their natural sound. My Sonus Faber Amati Traditional are in a room similar… but technically much bigger… and getting larger specs,ers has been strongly discouraged by my friend / dealer (with 30 years of installing high end systems). I am really happy with their performance… best system I have hear (to my tastes). 
 

Also noticed that while you have a good analog end… not at all on the digital end. I personally would look into upgrading your digital end. You might find it capable of reproducing the same sound quality as your analog end.

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