Office System -- Low Volume Speakers


I am looking for speakers for an office system. I am using a Vincent Audio SV-236 (100W/Ch hybrid) as an integrated amp--so I have plenty of power for this application. My source is a Polk Audio XRt12 XM radio reference tuner.

Particularly, I am looking for something that sounds good at low volumes and that is NOT fatiguing. I play the full spectrum of music, but mostly classical and jazz (as well as talk radio). Monitors would be prefered over stand mounnted, but I am considering Totem Arros.

I am looking for something used (or demo) under $750.00.
tabascocat1994

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For what it's worth, I had the Arros for a few months and they're fine speakers and a good deal, used. They come up for sale regularly here. Very detailed and open sound, good imaging, amazing bass for their size. A little bright and potentially fatiguing out of the box, so try to get a well broken-in pair if you can. (I ultimately went with a pair of Ohm Micro Walsh Talls, which have a more neutral sound to my ears, along with a 120-day he trial period... But at $1000 a pair they're a little over your target price.)
Tabascocat,
I've never spent any real time with the Mites. The Arros are rather bright out of the box, in my experience, and my pair didn't have that many hours on them when I sold them and kept the Ohms, but I'm told they settle down with time.
Rbstehno,

What Hitman_hifi said. With all due respect, I was driving my Arros with a Unison Unico hybrid integrated, with a Music Hall CD 25.2 for digital and a SOTA Sapphire for analog, etc., etc., and yes, they sounded pretty bright out of the box. They are very good speakers, but they do lean toward the bright side, at least (so I'm told) until broken in, for which Totem recommends over 100 hours.