Accuphase Bookshelf Speaker Pairing recommend


Friends: I would love a bookshelf speaker suggestion:   I have come into a used Accuphase e-280 integrated amp which I will use for streaming music in a small den (11 x 11 ft / 3 x 3 meters).  I now need to buy bookshelf speakers:  I would love speaker recommends from knowledgeable folks here.  I prefer warm rich tones, detailed and controlled, leaning toward feeling like "live".  . I already have a good subwoofer.   I appreciate your time.  Thank you.

 

dunkin

Used Merlin TSM, preferably a later model. Sealed box makes them easy to locate near a wall and integrate with a little sub if you choose. I run an SVS 3000 micro with mine in a large room with great results. I bought a pair of the little Harbeths in rosewood a while back, just to check them out; they’re lovely little speakers and certainly prettier but far short of the Merlins to my ears.

 

@ grislybutter

"the Harbeths are overpriced. They are just not the best value for the buck. "

Compared to what?

@yogiboy  compared with everything with the same characteristics and parameters (not made by an English Duke and out of gold), in the same price range. "Overpriced" is not a subjective term. 

 It doesn't mean a person can't justify buying it and loving it, it just means that for the same value you can buy "more" speakers.