Recommend speakers

I just picked up a pair of Triangle Titus speakers for a graduation present for my brother. While the Titus speakers are small monitors below your price range ($500), they also do some others closer to your range--e.g., the $1200 Zerius. I was pretty amazed at the sound, very fast, very transparent, and very musical. You might want to get an audition of those. Requisite disclosure, I'm *not* a dealer. To the extent my own speakers bias/calibrate my taste, I own ProAc RS2s for my home office and Martin Logan Prodigy speakers in my main setup. I'll recommend the speakers I've heard from both those companies as well, but I thought the Triangles offered considerable bang for the buck.

Thanks for the replys. I will give recommended speakers above a look at. Some e-mailers recommended Monitor Audio Silver 5i [$600 used] and Wharfedale 8.3[$500 new] also NHT[$800 new] any thoughts?

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I think I saw a used pair of Epos ES14s on Agon. These are great standmount speakers ... good imaging, dynamics and very good bass for a standmount.

For your tastes, room size, associated gear and budget, you simply cannot do better than a used pair of Vandersteen 2CE or, if you're patient, even the Signatures. (A pair was just listed today for $1,000 exactly.)

*Disclaimer, I don't own, sell or in any way benefit from promoting Vandersteen products.

There's a lot to like about the Vandys and little to dislike or find fault. You get a true full range, dynamic, smooth, airy and best of all, musical speaker for very little $$.