Dynaudio Evoke or Focal Aria Or Paradigm Prestige

Having owned a high end audio store and now working for Paradigm and Anthem as a Sales Manager in the US, I would recommend you seriously consider looking at better electronics before jumping into new speakers because I think the speakers you have can show better performance. 

Think about the speakers as being an instrument (like a guitar) which is really what speakers are.  You can have a six string Taylor, Gibson, Martin, Fender, etc. and they all have a different tone.  Hand one of the guitars to 4 different musicians playing the same song, the guitar will sound different based on how the musician plays it (the musician being the electronics). 

I would suggest trying to add one of our Anthem MCA Power Amps to your Receiver using it as a Pre/Pro and see what having a better musician playing your instruments sounds like.  You could even add a stereo amp just to run the front left and right to enhance that when you listen to music.  

After you experience that, then I would recommend beginning to look at the speakers.  And after you decide on speakers, then upgrade to a true Pre/Pro and trade/sell off your Yamaha or move it to another area of the house. 

Many people start with speakers, but if you like the tone of your current instruments, give the instruments to a better musician to play them.  Then, ultimately, give the musician a better instrument to play.   

Now if you'd like to upgrade speakers first, that's certainly not a wrong way to go - just understand that the better range of speakers you're considering to upgrade to will reveal more anomalies with your receiver and I truly believe you'll be wanting to upgrade from that receiver sooner than you think. 

Good luck in your search!  

Hey Bendogo,

My apologies, when i read your post, I interpreted it wrong and saw Monitor 7's and didn't realize you were referring to your Sub 8 and was thinking you had Monitor 7 speakers and why I went the direction I did, so again sorry if I got you off track.  

With your existing speakers, you're definitely due for those first and can ignore my amp update recommendation.  Any of our great dealer partners can show you how that will work and what to expect down the road. 

I'm certainly biased toward Prestige, and again, any of our good dealers can give you a compelling demo to show you how good those are. 

I always encourage anyone in here to reach out to our dealers who can inspire, work with, and and support you.

Again, I'm sorry I misinterpreted your original post and got sideways on this, but if I can be of any further help, please don't hesitate to message me here.

Cheers.

Bendogo,

I don’t know about "too good" for your room size, I say if you like the sound of the speakers better than others, the better one wins regardless of the environment. In regards to listening in a commercial space (being a dealer’s showroom), you should love them way more when you get them home. That’s about 99% the case because the home has so many more advantages sonically than in a store/retail space.

And yes, the Prestige is a significant improvement over the Premier. You get a beautiful furniture grade quality cabinet with a significantly better crossover network in the speaker that makes them more revealing of everything you put in front of them with the ability to adapt and work with higher performing electronics - great investment!

Hope that helps...? Happy listening!