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What stand mount monitors works w/ Pass XA 30.5?

I have a Pass XA 30.5 and I'm looking or a great stand mount speaker with reasonable efficiency to match up with my 30 watt Pass. I'm doing this backwards, buying the amp first but I like the Pass sound and I have a smallish room and pair of 26" Sound Anchor stands,hence my need for a monitor. I'm trying to stay under 4k for the speakers new or used. Any help would be appreciated.
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phaelon
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There are two pairs of JM Lab Mini Utopias currently for sale on Audiogon. They’re terrific speakers and would make an excellent pairing with your Pass amplifier, IMO.
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voodudrew2
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Personally, I vote for the LSA Statement 1 Monitors. Had older pair of B & W 802 Matrix and Harbeth P3esr and the LSA are so much nicer. They really if not blow away all else in under $3000 monitors they excel at everything. Using Crimson interconnects and speaker cable.
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panzrwagn
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I recently swapped out my LS-50s for Monitor Audio Silver 300 7G. They actually have a smaller footprint than my KEFs on their stands. They also cast a much larger soundstage (my ONLY issue with LS-50s) and do not require a subwoofer. Their big brothers, the 500s, identical except 2-8" woofers instead of 2-6.5" are Stereophile Class A listed. If you can live with bass just to ~40 Hz, I'd highly recommend them. If you want more, then the Gold Series 200 offers the same configuration with a ribbon tweeter and more sophisticated cabinets. Excepting Magnepans, which won't work in my room, I've never had speaker that got so much right.

char1
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I paired the Pass 30.5 with the Reference 3a decapo be's and I found it to be a very good match. I have also heard the Pass 30.5's with the Silverline Sr17 supremes and it was heaven. 

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jafant
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B&W 805 monitor speakers.

 

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