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Recommendations for speakers with Luxman 509x

Hey everyone - looking for some suggestions on speakers.  Just upgraded my amp and DAC to a Luxman 509x and Lumin T2. They’re driving Martin Logan motion 40s so upgrading speakers as well. Room is 14x18’ with the speakers facing the long way. It’s a living room, so am constrained by space and the wife. They will be less than 2’ from the wall and snuggled up next to a wood TV stand in the middle. Towers will be much easier to pull off than something very wide.  Wood floors but covered by a large rug, L couch, lots of windows, 8’ drywall ceiling and a large bookshelf in the back to give you an idea of acoustics. Listening position about 8-10ft from speakers.  Budget is $5k-$10k. Willing to go used. I mostly listen to rock, folk, country, hip hop and jazz.  Fairly new to the language of hifi, but prefer natural over clinical and a touch of warmth would be nice with the supposedly neutral components in the system. Thanks!
trentgordon

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rego
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Looking at the list so far the first post stands out.
Super Nine ...
' Ease of placement ', ' Enhanced Sweet spot ', ' Bass Output '.
Reference:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/devore-fidelity-gibbon-super-9
Having witnessed an Orangutan / Octave demo I would expect the Devore to handily transfer what you have with the 509x into the space.
The listening space btw is a winner from the Bolt - area reference leaving the listening position to consider as well.
rego
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- can you elaborate on this?
Yes ... it's good to see the follow through!
The ' Bolt Area ' is a reference to the work by R. H. Bolt - 1939 where a plot / graph is used to access spatial modeling as applied to room acoustics by dimension.
Room dimension ( L x W x H ) ratios for more evenly distributed room modes.
"  Rooms whose ratios fall within the shaded area will exhibit a favorably uniform distribution of modal frequencies i.e. : the bottom end will be less lumpy… ".
Reference here:https://studiowizard.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/studio-acoustics-explained-this-is-what-you-need-to-kn...(scroll to The Bolt Area)
Also the amcoustics Room Mode Calculator:
https://amcoustics.com/tools/amroc?l=18&w=14&h=9&ft=true&r60=0.6
Input the room dimensions and hover pointer over The Bolt Area field.
Another Calculator - Some explanation of how the ratios relate to different frequencies. 
YT video / John Brandt - Calculator / Spread Sheet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E38o_GS81yY
And the above should be taken to mean that adjusting the listening position ( as relates to given room example ) would be a breeze. 

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