Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice

The OP later added size of room, and that he actually has 225 watt per channel Van Alstine mono blocks...

The Yamaha NS5000 monitor with stands are superb and don't need gobs of power to drive them well. a 125 wpc amplifier will not drive a lot of very good but power hungry speakers.

I use my NS5000 (they are superb) with a CODA #16 amp and Holo Serene preamp. The amp is rated at 150 | 300 | 600. It is great with the NS5000 and I think the most powerful amp I have tried with it.

I also have a Sanders Magtech that is 500 | 900 watts, while it is an excellent Class AB amp it does not have the same thunderous bass of the CODA #16. The Sanders is a very strong amp.

Next Friday, I am going to demo the SimAudio North Collection 761 (200 watts) with the NS5000.

I guess watts and power that I hear are not the same. Otherwise, the Sanders should have been the most powerful with the NS5000.

@davetheoilguy 

Your post was very interesting, can you expand a bit more on that? Where do you find the speakers? Are you referring to baseball players buying gear for 6 weeks of use?

I’m a fan of buying barely used equipment after spring training camp in Florida where you get $40k speakers for $15k that have not really even been used.

And having an open mind with several chocies that work for you .

i bought Bowers 800s, essentially new, for about 1/3 retail this way.

Happens every season.

Wilson Sabrina X , come to mind $20k

B&W 803 mk4 around $20 k 

MBL 120 monitors around $22k with stands.

MBL 126 Omni directional monitors $16500 with stands 

for 1/2 that the Perlisten R7 towers $10k

open baffle Spatial audio Labs $10 k