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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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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.

mofojo
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@ditisa 8.7k is the price each for those JBLs. 

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ditusa
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@ditisa 8.7k is the price each for those JBLs.

Yes, The OP’s budget is $30K or less used or new.

Mike

 

havocman
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try to listen to the monitor audio platinum 300 Gen 2 or the 500 Gen 2.

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jackshew
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If you have the space, Cornwall 4s have taken the Klipsch legacy line into new territory… they are worth a listen. Strings, guitars, and horns are fantastic. Voices are very good as well.

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