Chilli, my von Schweikerts are almost 15 years old and they still sound good to me and are very enjoyable. It sounds like you are in the mood to try something different? Are there any brick and mortar stores you can visit for some ideas?? Good luck and let us know what you do.
High Sensitivity Speakers
Within the last year I purchased a Pass Labs XA 60.8 ... which I am pleased with. It’s a great match with the rest of my system which includes Avant-garde Uno Gen 1 speakers (sorry about the hyphen but the spell check insists). I like the speakers a lot but they are now 17 years on so I assume speaker technology has moved in quite a bit in thus time. So as I considered new speaker alternatives I discovered that the Pass Labs 60.8 (69 w class A, 120w class A/B) are “underpowered” for a number of speaker brands. I am not keen to trade my amp up but it’s an option. So looking to upgrade speakers I an looking at Avant-garde Duo Gen 3. Any input on other speaker brands that might be sensitive enough to match with the amps I currently have? I live overseas so by brand choice is a bit limited to “well known” brands. My system: SME 20/2 tt, Tom Evans The Groove phono preamp, Brooklyn + DAC, PS Audio 15 Power Plant, Joule Electra line preamp, 4 Rel 812 subs, room size 30’x21’x10’ ceiling), assorted decent power cables and interconnects.