Monitors that play huge

In a second system, I have Merlin TSM-Mmi in a living room the size of yours, placed on their sides at ear-level in a huge, open-sided and open-backed, solid birch wall-unit, which is on a short wall. The room is untreated with lots of hard surfaces and big windows. In other words, it's a challenging environment for good sound. Driven by 40 watts of El84 tube power (Stingray) with a 12-in. subwoofer tucked inconspicuously in a corner, the TSM can absolutely rock the room, or I can play them softly as background music during parties. Either way, they sound very, very good--way better than I expected. No wood veneers, though. And a sub is needed in a room like yours, IMO, unless you get some pretty big monitors.

Mcpherson, that was me with the sidelong Merlins. With tweeters inward, they're virtually indistinguishable from upright, at least in far-field listening like I do. I was apprehensive about it and said so to Bobby P. at Merlin before I ordered them. He said they work almost like a point source and so would be fine--he listens to them like this in his living room. He was right.

Extravaganza, I think it's a customized Morel. The bigger VSM uses the Esotar, if I'm not mistaken.

Kzhtoo, congrats on your purchase!