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Choosing the best speakers for my system.

Hello everyone. I am currently attempting to build a vinyl listing system. I am a musician and currently only have a stanton str-150 (built in preamp), running through a mackie mixer into some behringer BX5's.

I have saved up some money and I am pretty set on getting the following:
Clearaudio Emotion Turntable
Mesa Boogie Baron Power Amp

I will be listing to a lot of more aggressive music, rock, metal, electronica etc.

I have little control of my room size as I will be moving soon.

I am looking for a good 2.0 or 2.1 speaker set up and suggestions on a good preamp for the Clearaudio turntable.

I am considering some magnepan mg1.6 qr's (with or without a sub??) or maybe some Gallo Referance 3.1's (with or without sub??)

Any help would be much appreciated.
-Zak-
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parasound63
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Zak-
We seem to have similar musical tastes. Budget would be a good thing to know though.

I'm very biased since I just took delivery of a set of Micro Walsh Talls, but if you like the transparent sound of the maggies, you might want to consider speakers from Ohm.

A lot of my music is pretty aggressive: Kyuss, Tool, Helmet, Opeth and Porcupine Tree are what I've listened to today. The Ohm's present it straight-forward and with detail I've never heard before. If you went with the 100-S3 or higher, you most likely would not need a sub.

With my MWT's, I know a sub would improve things on the bottom end, but it's more than passable at this point.

The pre-amp I leave to more knowledgeable folk on the forum...
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