Please recommend speakers for ASL 1003


Hi, I am new here, and I have come looking for advice on speakers to pair with my ASL AQ1003DT integrated tube amp.

I auditioned B&W 802 and 703, JM Labs Chorus 706 and 707, DALI Royal Sceptre, and Infinity speakers. I did not like the Infinity speakers at all. I particularly liked the DALI Royal Sceptre and the B&W 802, but both of them are really out of my price range. I liked the JM Labs speakers, but their overall sound was not as impressive as the DALI's imaging and spaciousness or the B&W's imaging and solid low end.

I am reading very good things about the Omega Super 3, but I don't know if it is a good match for my amp (30 wpc Class A). I would like to get your opinion on a good (preferably 'bang-for-the-buck') speaker to pair with my 1003.

My room is around 16' x 16' x 9' ceiling, and is also a library. There are bookshelves all around the room. I do not know how that will effect the sound. I listen to rock, motown, jazz, blues, instrumental bluegrass/newgrass, and classical.

I use an HK 8300 CD player and an XM Delphi as sources to the amp, and I intend to buy SignalCable cables for power, analog, and speaker connections.

Thanks in advance for your help. I have been reading material on the Internet for weeks, but I am going in circles and I would really appreciate some help.
mrpapa
If i were in your shoes and running an ASL amp, i would look for a speaker that had the highest sensitivity possible with a higher nominal impedance that didn't suffer from any drastic impedance swings. These amps aren't very stable and anything that you can do to ease the load that they see will probably work for towards your sonic benefit. Sean
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consonance opera audio eric 1
bought on audiogon from a dealer
whose name i have forgotten.

playing now thru scott 299c. very sweet
refined sound. not lacking highs or lows.

also, klipsch RB-5II. different, more dynamic
sound.

either should be available ~$500
I have a 1003 amp and I am running a pair of JM Reynaud Twins. The sound is very full and rewarding. Of the speakers you are interested in, I have only heard the JM Labs, which I found to sound a bit dead, not as lively as the Twins. The twins do need to be a little louder than some speakers to come alive, but the soundstage and imaging is very impressive.
bang for buck? morel 403.5 (600 shipped) or aci opal used on audiogon right now (400 plus ship)

forget about the single driver aproach; been there done that and i don't even listen to loud music.