Speaker Recommenadations for Cary SLI-80


My system consists of Cary SLI-80, Cary CD-303 with Silver Audio Hyacinth interconnects and Symphony 32 speaker cable. Looking to upgrade my current speakers.Room size is 14 X 18. My budget is $5,000.00. Floorstanding and monitors are being considered. Thanks for your insights and opinions.
shanej
Hey, congratulations, nice stup. I've had an sli80 for about 8 months, but just finally got a 303 5days ago! Very nice combo huh. Anyway, I wound up getting a pair of Meadowlark Shearwater Hot Rods (~3K new)which Im extremely happy with. They sound SO NATURAL - I listen to acoustic instruments, mostly small ensemble jazz & chamber classical, & lots of solo piano lately. The Shearwaters are dynamic, effortless, natural, best imaging I've heard, can't say enough good things about them. Great drivers, design, crossover, cabinet, wire etc...
If you look around you might find there are a few of us here who have the sli80 & 303. I'm on St Thomas, but I'm in touch with a guy in Louisiana & a guy in Texas communicating about tube substitutions, wires etc. PS, I saw a pair of used(Meadowlark) Herons for sale here for 1600. stay in touch , Jay
PS< I just noticed your room size, the Herons would be too much for that room IMO, not sure about the Shearwaters, but there are several other brands that would work wonderfully in that space.