Hi all! This is my first post here! I would like your help to select a few speakers that I can later try to hear at some seller. I have an Audiolab 8200CD and as an ampli a Roksan Caspian M2 (85W on 8 Ohm and 125W on 4 Ohm). The speakers are very very old (40 years old! some KLH 317) and I want to change them. The room where I listen to music is 4 x 5 meters, with a thick carpet, curtains, heavily furnished. Speakers along the long side, facing a sofa. Max distance of speakers from front wall about 50-60 cm (20-25 inches), separation between the two speakers about 2.5 m, distance from listening position about 2.5 m. I listen mainly to classical, jazz and “classic” rock. I would like to spend about 2000-4000 euro for the speakers, certainly not more than that.
I like a sound that is detailed but not aggressive (at the moment I have quite serious problems with sibilants) and with a well articulated bass (it is quite muddy at the moment). Here follow a list of speakers that in principle could fit, but I would like to know your opinion, specially concerning the size of the room and the power of the ampli. BTW, I live in Italy where it is more easy to find speakers from UK, France, Italy (!) than from USA (I can find Klipsch). Thanks for your help! Here is the list of the "candidates", with prices from a shop in Italy. I can also be interested in PMC and in Spendor, although that shop does not sell them.
Focal Aria 926: 1799 euro
B&W PM1: 1950 euro stand
Roksan Caspian FR 5: 1999 euro
B&W CM9 s2: 2350 euro
Proac Response D2: 2752 euro stand
Sonus Faber Venere 3.0: 2788 euro
Monitor Audio new Gold 200: 2920 euro
Sonus Faber Auditor M: 3060 euro stand
Proac Response D18: 3224 euro
Tannoy Definition DC 8: 2349 euro stand
B&W CM10 s2: 3500 euro
Klipsch Cornwall III: 3540 euro
Proac Response D20 ribbon: 3828 euro
Thanks again! Alessandro
I like a sound that is detailed but not aggressive (at the moment I have quite serious problems with sibilants) and with a well articulated bass (it is quite muddy at the moment). Here follow a list of speakers that in principle could fit, but I would like to know your opinion, specially concerning the size of the room and the power of the ampli. BTW, I live in Italy where it is more easy to find speakers from UK, France, Italy (!) than from USA (I can find Klipsch). Thanks for your help! Here is the list of the "candidates", with prices from a shop in Italy. I can also be interested in PMC and in Spendor, although that shop does not sell them.
Focal Aria 926: 1799 euro
B&W PM1: 1950 euro stand
Roksan Caspian FR 5: 1999 euro
B&W CM9 s2: 2350 euro
Proac Response D2: 2752 euro stand
Sonus Faber Venere 3.0: 2788 euro
Monitor Audio new Gold 200: 2920 euro
Sonus Faber Auditor M: 3060 euro stand
Proac Response D18: 3224 euro
Tannoy Definition DC 8: 2349 euro stand
B&W CM10 s2: 3500 euro
Klipsch Cornwall III: 3540 euro
Proac Response D20 ribbon: 3828 euro
Thanks again! Alessandro