Help with high end bookshelf speakers

@deep_333

Hegel isn’t hi-fi? Have you ever heard a 390, 590 or 600? They are most certainly hifi. Are there higher end products? Of course. But saying hegel isn’t hifi really calls into question your credibility.

Is Krell or Mark Levinson hifi?

he said it's not hifi. Confidence is key.

OP, relegated to the third bedroom, grow a pair! Unless your wife is the major breadwinner, you have a say in this! Don’t be meek, don’t be pushed, or bullied around. Put it where you want it; at least a realistic space in your home. A three bedroom House? Come on.

Whatever speakers you pursue, I recommend for a room that size that they be sealed/acoustic suspension. Speakers with that design interact less with one's (small) room, can be placed closer to the back wall if needed, and can be paired with a sub (or subs) more easily because their output drops off sharply below the -3 dB point. I speak from experience using bookshelf speakers in a 13' x 13' home office.

Got the H590 with M30.1 and M40.2 - definitely Harbeth!!!