Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room

My bad, I meant Rega Aethos. Thanks for your feedback, I’ll look into them.

Thanks for the advice. I read Spendor A7’s can sit 20-30cm from the wall so that would work (although I need to look into how close to each other they can be). As they’re 2 way, I’d need to keep the Rel.

Thanks for all your advice/comments. I think I’ll audition the Spendors. I understand  that whatever I buy will sound better with space between them and the backwall so it will be a compromise but I want a set of speakers that will sound good for now in my current set up without being boomy until we move in 3 or 4 years.

Panels aren’t an option as I have my set up in the living room and as much as I want good sound, I don’t want to turn the living room into a recording studio, even if the panels are portable, moving them around etc. is not a step too far for me personally.

@erik_squires the simulator sounds interesting, how do I find more details? (Nothing came up as an exact match on a search), thanks.

I’m thinking now to audition the Spendor a7’s, some Sonus Faber’s at the same price bracket and the dynaudio.

Thanks again for all the advice (looks like there’s no “like” function so I can’t like the comments. It makes sense to hang on to the Rel and see how the new speakers sound so will definitely be doing that. I’m hoping whichever speakers I get will sound fine 20cm from the wall in this house and hopefully get more space in the next one. Will give my local dealer a call and try to set up some auditions. The only issue is having to make a fairly quick decision. If I can trial 3 or 4 different models in a row with the same amp as I have at home and the same 3 or 4 records it should be doable.

@erik_squires thanks for the link

After auditioning B&W704’s, Sonetto III’s, and Acoustic Energy AE520’s, I settled on the AE520’s (paired with my Rel T7 sub) and they arrived today! Now starts that awful job of having to break them in 😉