speaker upgrade fever

also ruling out a speaker without a discussion of system and room context is IMO close to worthless….

for example my comments about the KEF R1 were in a reasonable sized room w a lot of bric a brac diffusion… a very well sorted high quality SWARM and a chain : SOTA > Jelco > Dyna XV-1S > Cary top of line tube phono > Herron line stage and monoblocks… the Digital side 100 % Rockna….

a major dude music lover…. he did trade the for a Gershman..

maybe he will weigh in here…

Legacy Focus SEs. Check them out.

Spatial Audio X4 P2 would be my choice.

I second the recommendation for Borresen X3. You'll be hard pressed tO find better value for the price. 

Totally Left field idea,

https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-Ultragraph-Ultra-Musical-Equalizer-Detection/dp/B0002E50XG/ref=sr_1_9?crid=CPAVWE9P5W1F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NWtTZ56yzcD1tYonm-EJheUPOqWH1jywTfK7-OSsrUJGEIiWHBygb4qeXQcHl9UiTaGmCIyxzRlesYeeZ0rV3WA3uQzGItZe3Ig1Z6-MzdERrL0vCahDWUAFh5rg2lMEuVWEA29WlF7ruECBpOq3195P-JwEKMdtQbIRzLmRRZgXvkKCQdD73QdQ8CBERsLrD7M5fo6-O637p9xzENKpKEC-mX3qHmJ5Uij4ky619ds.pmBUwsiJpZDaU3KDuLnxodHdPYi6hNOEnu_eylmyang&dib_tag=se&keywords=31+band+eq&qid=1738080943&sprefix=31+band+eq%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-9

For $200 and REW Free software  you can play with your existing speakers EQ.   This would allow you to see what your speakers are actually doing in your room. With that information you can compare any new speaker frequency response to what you all ready have, or with EQ changes a goal response rate.

Keeping the Behringer in you system is totally optional in the future but can be a useful tool for where you are now

Good Luck and Enjoy The Music