Speaker thoughts - ProAc D40R or Wilson Benesch

I own the D40R's. They are great performers and easy to drive with tube amps or class A amps. I also listen to similar music. I listened to some WB speakers and I didn't think they were as full sounding and they didn't quite do it for me. The D40R's need a big space to shine. My room is 3x your size and the D40R's load the entire room...really load the entire house...with dense full range sound. Proac replaced the D40R with D48R recently, but I have never heard the 48, and there are really no reviews or posts on experiences from anywhere in the world yet. You probably have to buy the 48's on brand faith...otherwise go with the 40's if you can still get them.

Thank you Goldman...looking for a pair of DR 40's but according to Proac there are none left. Which I do not believe as ProAc has a reputation, well at least to me for deals in the past. The WB's are great speakers. You would not be Ron Goldman from Goldman Audio of years past- would you be ???

Garebear, I am also a D-40r owner. I wish I had a larger room, but mine is closer to the size of your room (you can see it in my system), and the D-40r work well in that room. I think the smaller D-30r would also work well.

I have listened to the WB Vector and Vertex speakers quite a bit in the same room as I heard the D-40r. I have not heard the WB Square 3. The dealer I purchased the D-40r from carries both Proac and WB. The WB are very fast and to me have more emphasis on the treble area. The Vector speakers have tremendous bass. I think WB makes a great speaker.

In the end I preferred the sound of the Proac speakers (maybe it is familiarity because I have owned many Proac speakers in the past) and bought them.

Goldman, please post your system with Proac D-40r speakers. I would love to see it.

I hope this is helpful. Happy Holidays.