Help I need some speaker suggestions

There are a couple of floorstanding monitors that we can recommend that should provide you with the sound quality to meet your listening requirements.

TIP: Bi-wiring your speakers to your amp will improve the presence.

The Tyler Acoustics Addisson A28 is a 5-driver, 3-way design that is designed to give you power, presence, and dynamics, without being fatiguing over time. In standard finish (and a nice discount), the price should stay within your price budget. - http://www.tyleracoustics.com/addissonA28picture.html -

The Audes 037 is another floorstanding system that offers a presence that is very difficult to find in the $1,500 price range. It is a 4-driver, 3-way system design. The bass won't go down quite as low as your D-9s, but will produce a more balanced overall presentation. - http://www.audes.com/037.shtml -
- http://www.stereotimes.com/Audes_Loudspeaker_Model_037.htm -

Both systems are easy for virtually any amplifier to drive with very good efficiency, and with their mutiple driver configurations, will give you a good, solid, "up-front" presentation that you missed in the Thiels, again, without the long-term fatiguing quality of the C-V's.

Happy shopping!

Depending on your elecronics and budget, you may wish to check out items like the Totem Forest, Legacy classic, Coincident Victory or B&W 803. All very different, but I have enjoyed the various mfg, and all have much better dynamic prescence than the Thiel imho. (I have also owned Thiels). I would steer clear of the Klipsch if you are worried about fatigue. Good luck.

I can recommend Vandersteen 2Ces (and signatures). The 'Steens have a slightly warm and laid back sound character that is totally non-fatiguing. $1495. (new) for the sigs., $1295. for the std. 2Ce-- less used. 3As/3Asigs can be found between $1500. and $2000., used. and are also excellent-- detailed without being analytical, and dynamic with good PRaT. Bass is very good for the price(s). Vandersteen sound is just about opposite of the Theil sound character.

But Vandersteens are not loud playing R&R speakers like the Cerwin-Vega reputation. Max. SPL is about 90-95 dB, but this is loud in a typical room. Good Hunting. Craig.

Ditto what Garfish said. In your price bracket, you will not do any better than the Vandy 2Ce Signatures (new), or the Vandy 3A (used). If you can get a good buy on a low-mileage pair of 3A's, they are the better buy. (A-gon has a pair of 3A's on sale here right now for $1700.)

The Vandy's are speakers you will enjoy and want to keep for a long time. They won't bowl you over with sizzling highs, or grab you by the throat with artificial qualities -- they'll just sail along making great music. I've been a Vandy owner since 1988, and prefer them to all the other speakers I've owned or heard.

hello, I would also agree that the b&w 803 matrix would be a great choice but for 300.00 more you can get into a pair of matrix 802 series 3 which are very very nice sounding speakers. Best of luck