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What's an upgrade from Ryan R610s?

I’ve owned my pair of Ryan R610s for several years now, and to be honest, I really like them. They’re a major bargain (or at least were when I bought them), and they’re very pleasant to listen to--extremely well balanced across their range of frequencies, never shrill but still deliver all the detail I could want. Great horizontal stereo image, though I don’t hear a lot of depth (this is very likely due to the way my room is arranged and it’s not flexible, unfortunately). So yes, I’ve really enjoyed these but now, mostly out of restlessness, I’m wondering what would be a step up from these? WAF precludes floor-standers so we have to confine our search to monitors, and I need to keep the price under the 3K level. Suggestions welcome. Thanks!

Rest of the system: Modwright KWI 200 integrated, Cambridge Audio CXU universal player, REL S/2 sub, Sonnet Morpheus DAC/Hermes streamer. Wires from Audience, Morrow, and Cardas, Furman Elite 15PFI conditioner/Core Power DeepCore 1800 on a dedicated circuit.

cooper52
cooper52 OP
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OP here, chiming in. I don't think nonoise hijacked my thread at all, in fact he has presented a very tempting speaker, based on the reviews he referenced. I was struck by how similar the Ryan and Revival Audio logos are. Not intentional, I'm sure, just a point of curiosity. I hope a dealer local to me (northern California) will carry the Revival Audio speakers--I'd love to hear them. 

Meanwhile, thanks also to Celtic 66 for the suggestion. I rather suspect that my Furman power conditioner is kind of weak link in the chain. I used to own a PS Audio Power Plant Premier, but it failed and couldn't be repaired by PS Audio (couldn't get the parts any more I was informed) so had to sell it off at a fire-sale price. I did like what it did for my system though, when it was functional. 

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jcoehler
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My intent was not to single out nonoise for hijacking but more if the discussion on Revival speakers took away from OP intent, I was worried.

My apologies for not doing better with context.

cooper52 OP
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And one other bit of info I found on Ryan's website: they have discontinued their "S" line which were higher-end versions of the 3 models in the original "R" line, which they're still making. I never got to hear one of the "S" models and in general Ryan speakers very rarely come up on the used sites, at least so far. 

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