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Recommendations for Vintage Speakers

I’m currently looking to put together a vintage system and am wondering what a good pair of full range, floor standing speakers would be. They would be powered by a Pioneer SX-1250. I listen to a very wide range of music, a lot of live Grateful Dead, Classic Rock, Metal, But also enjoy Jazz and even a little Big Band music once in a while. Thanks for your help!
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iopscrl
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From your listening tastes, it appears you want a combination of "Punch" and delicacy.  RnR bass, with clean extended treble.   Not an easy accomplishment using vintage speakers.

A budget was not mentioned.

I would recommend:

Larger floorstanding ADS
JBL L110, L112. L150, L220, L300
Polk 10B
AR 11, AR12, AR91, AR92, AR58s ("s" has a dome midrange, other versions do not).   I would stay away from AR3/3/5 series as you will likely burn out the tweeter when listening at realistic levels.

Altec VOT or derivative (if you have the space)
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