I bought a pair of green mountain audio europa's recently and am very happy with them. Two way time and phase aligned, marble composite cabinets. Overbuilt - read morel tweeters, audiomagic silver wiring, first order crossover - basically these things have increadible imaging, a coherence that is hard to beat, and increadible prat. You would not get the lowest bass as it has a 6" woofer, but these would be great to start with. They are highly efficient too! New I think they list at between $780 - $900 range. Give them a listen, they are worth seeking out.
Need help on speaker selection
I am in the process of putting together a budget audio system. I started with purchasing a Jolida 502A amp to replace my old 20w nad. I now need to find a set of used speakers within a $800 budget. My musical tastes are mostly concentrated in the folk, blues and rock areas. My listening room is 11x15x8high (plan to move up to a larger room in couple of years). Would my jolida be able to drive a set of Vandersteen 2CE's? Would the 2CE's have too much bass for my existing room. I am asking this because I liked the Vandersteeen 1C that I heard and now have the chance to purchase a used set of 2CE's for a good price. There is also a set of Epos m12's available but I'm not sure if they would have enough bass. I live in an area that doesn't have any high end audio stores, so any advice or suggestions for my system would be greatly appreciated.