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Help with Yamaha 801 pairing

Looking for advice on pairing with my Yamaha 801 integrated 

Currently listening to Polk 10 ancient and just not great

Mostly rock and roll some  jazz occasional like to increase the volume but would prefer efficiency a low volumes

Room loft like 24x24

Bluenode streaming

Denon 301moving coil
Price around 2500 for the pair .. prefer new probably floor standing without separate woofer
Ultimately will replace the Yamaha so hoping speaker selection to be able to allow for upgrade.

Appreciate the input 

Thank you 

JW Fitz

 

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simao
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You may want to spend some of that 2500 budget on a good phono stage. Post a question on the analog forum here and see what people say. 

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simao
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Your 801 puts out 100w and is an underrated, overpowered machine whose biggest fault us that it can be a bit flat in its presentation. Its pure direct is a sonic delight. Owning one, however, I will say its phono stage is a weak point.

There are tons of possibilities at your price range. You’d best be off taking the 801 to whatever dealer is near you to test out speakers. You gave a large room, so you’ll want something with projection. Consider Maggie’s or open baffles like Spatial Audio

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