Accuphase Bookshelf Speaker Pairing recommend


Friends: I would love a bookshelf speaker suggestion:   I have come into a used Accuphase e-280 integrated amp which I will use for streaming music in a small den (11 x 11 ft / 3 x 3 meters).  I now need to buy bookshelf speakers:  I would love speaker recommends from knowledgeable folks here.  I prefer warm rich tones, detailed and controlled, leaning toward feeling like "live".  . I already have a good subwoofer.   I appreciate your time.  Thank you.

 

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~100 Watts is enough to drive a lot of speakers. But the room is small so you won't need a beast. The list is long and the budget and used vs. new and cultural preferences (British/American/Scandinavian/etc) would narrow it down significantly

this is from my list between 2 and 4K. (I went to 4K because you may find them under 2K used.) Revival and Mofi would be on the top of my list:

Ohm Walsh Microwalsh Short 2000
ProAc tablette-10 2000
Indiana DIVA 660 2100
KEF R3 Meta 2200
Revel Performa3-M106 2200
Tannoy Tannoy Autograph Mini 2200
Fyne F500SP 2300
Gato Gato FM-15 2300
Spendor A1 2300
Creative Sound Solutions CSS Criton 1TD-X bookshelf 2349
Paradigm Founder 40B 2400
Salk ELLIS 1801 2400
KHL Model Five 2500
PSB PSB Passif 50 2500
Revival Atalante 3 2500
Totem Bison Monitor 2500
Triangle 40th Anniversary Comete EZ 2500
Ohm Walsh Tall 1000 2700
JBL L82 Classic 2750
MoFi SourcePoint 8 2750
Audio Physic Step 35 2800
Monitor Audio Gold 100 2800
Spendor Classic 4/5 2800
Charney Audio The Maestro 2900
Elac VELA BS 403 2900
Zu Union 6 2900
Castle Avon 5 3000
Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL 2800USD 3000
Sonus Faber Sonetto II Bookshelf 3000
Trenner Friedl Sun 3000
Vienna Acoustics haydn-se-signature 3000
Buchardt S400 MKII Signature 3200
Klipsch Heritage Heresy IV 3200
Reference 3a MM DE CAPO BE MONITOR 3290
Creative Sound Solutions Criton 2TD-X Tower 3300
Vandersteen VLR CT 3300
Usher Usher Audio Mini X Diamond DMD $3350/pr. 3350
aperionaudio Verus V8T 3-Way Dual 8" 3400
B&W 705 S3 3400
Canton reference 9k 3500
Dynaudio Special Forty (2 way rear ported) 3500
Harbeth P3ESR XD 3500
Nola Boxer 3 3500
Totem Signature One 3500
Amphion Argon3S 3600
Amphion Helium520/2 way vented 3600
Joseph Audio Prism 3700
MoFi SourcePoint 10 3700
Fritz FRITZ CARRERA 3800
ProAc Response DB1 3825
Perlisten R4B 3900
Wharfedale AURA 3 4000
Fritz FRITZ PURIFI 6.5 BE 4200

 

@deep_333 I could but I don't know what I am talking about.

But to try: there are differences in the sound, design, looks etc. based on location. I wouldn't say it's like wine but I believe engineering has deep connection to the culture. 

@yogiboy  compared with everything with the same characteristics and parameters (not made by an English Duke and out of gold), in the same price range. "Overpriced" is not a subjective term. 

 It doesn't mean a person can't justify buying it and loving it, it just means that for the same value you can buy "more" speakers.