Monitor speakers pros/cons

Good point on the 600 sq ft room... now that I just realized how large that is, you will need a rather large pair of speakers to fill that kind of space and don't think you will get by with a pair of monitors.

I don't have much experience with HT, so take this with a grain of salt. Monitors add the expense of stands, usually loose bass response for the same amount of floor space, need sub woofer(s) (my experience is that two are much better than one) and additional floor space, cables and sometimes amps and electrical outlets/conditoning(?). Can be very challangeing to make the whole system coherent. The benefits of monitors are that you often get more rigid cabinets, better imaging and you can "tune" to the room better by using sub woofers. Digital room correction can really help when using monitors and sub woofers. Good luck.

The above posters all agree with me ;-) so I would just like to add my 2 cents and hope it helps.

Your room is quite big and so is your budget. There are some darn good full-range speakers available for what you have to spend, including my Meadowlark Shearwater Hot Rods. They image beautifully. You can get center and rear channel units from Meadowlark too. The Shearwaters go down to 40 Hz easy, maybe lower, but I didn't get that performance out of them till I upgraded the power cord on my Klyne preamp to an Ensemble Powerflux.

Your Attraction has a great preamp by all reports, so it deserves a premium cord if it doesn't have one already.

Getting a musical system match with a sub is a headache. I wouldn't consider a sub unless I knew for sure the rest of my system was already giving its best.

The above posters all agree with me ;-) so I would just like to add my 2 cents and hope it helps.

Your room is quite big and so is your budget. There are some darn good full-range speakers available for what you have to spend, including my Meadowlark Shearwater Hot Rods. They image beautifully. You can get center and rear channel units from Meadowlark too. The Shearwaters go down to 40 Hz easy, maybe lower, but I didn't get that performance out of them till I upgraded the power cord on my Klyne preamp to an Ensemble Powerflux.

Your Attraction has a great preamp by all reports, so it deserves a premium cord if it doesn't have one already.

Getting a musical system match with a sub is a headache. I wouldn't consider a sub unless I knew for sure the rest of my system was already giving its best.

The above posters all agree with me ;-) so I would just like to add my 2 cents and hope it helps.

Your room is quite big and so is your budget. There are some darn good full-range speakers available for what you have to spend, including my Meadowlark Shearwater Hot Rods. They image beautifully. You can get center and rear channel units from Meadowlark too. The Shearwaters go down to 40 Hz easy, maybe lower, but I didn't get that performance out of them till I upgraded the power cord on my Klyne preamp to an Ensemble Powerflux.

Your Attraction has a great preamp by all reports, so it deserves a premium cord if it doesn't have one already.

Getting a musical system match with a sub is a headache. I wouldn't consider a sub unless I knew for sure the rest of my system was already giving its best.