Hegel owners - what speakers are you using

I use an H190 with Bowers & Wilkins 704 S2s. I'm not a great judge of comparative speakers, but they are compact floor standers. Perhaps if you bought them from someplace where there's a chance of taking them back if you don't like them that would serve you best. They're said to be good with female vocals, but are sometimes criticized as bright in the upper ranges, and there might be something to that. Worth a trial if you can give them a trial. 

I use the H590 to drive my Harbeth 30.1's and 40.2's - which sound superb with it!  It does a great job of controlling the bass, and adding clarity to the Harbeth's.  

@jeffseight

I went to that show. I thought the KEF R3 was the best speaker I heard and I also liked the Buchardts. It was a bit hard to tell because they played some wildly different stuff for each speaker even within the same genres. I was also impressed by the Totem Sky. I traveled from Tucson so it was my first time hearing most of these speakers. The Philharmonic Monitor didn't really knock my socks off but it is basically a full range speaker at that price and in these class of speakers (price-wise) it was unique. 

At the show they were using Parasound amps to amplify everything. I haven't heard the Hegel so I don't know if there is any sonic issues that would affect one's opinion on that. 

Canton Ref 9K is in that price range and are very good with voices. They also go deeper than many other stand mounts so you may hold off or wholly skip subs.

I own the H390 and run it with Spendors, for your music type they’d offer a good few options particularly in the classic range. Otherwise like someone said, Harbeth is another good option.