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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20'x15'x9' isn't really a big room, or is it? I'd say a set of KEF, Reference, 5 Meta or Dynaudio, Confidence 30. Have heard both in a similar (a bit bigger) sized rooms and both are truly wonderful. Played with Octave, Canor & Classe' Sigma electronics. If you can listen to either of these speakers I believe you'll be highly impressed. Just my opinion,...

 

 

 

Personally, I think once you get used to Sonus Faber, many other speakers may sound disturbingly forward to you. But, as long as people want to guess, how about the new PS Audio speakers? Maybe you should just add a couple of subs for when you want more impact. 

Bigger, newer Sonus Fabor.  I liked them better than Sasha Daw. 

IThey were powered by 1kW Macs.  Don't know if they are that hard to drive.  

I agree with @ronboco the Rockport Avior II is a great option but they are $44k. The Atria II at $28.5k is a great option.