speaker advice' help needed


Anyone out there have any recommendations on speakers (new or used, $500-$1000) to match with this experiment I'm putting together:
Jolida 502B integrated amp
arcam 73 CD
RS-Audio interconnects
(Sugg on speaker wire too?)

Mucical tastes: mostly classical with emphisis on large orchestra; blues; instrumental

Thanks so much
Tony
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I'm running a Jolida JD-302B with a pair of PSB Stratus Silvers with nice results...speaker cable...I playing with some 10 ga stuff from Raymond cable with great results as well!!
vandersteen is a very good match with the jolida. you could get a used pair of 2ce's (maybe even signatures) for ~$1000. the combo would be great for orchestral music (i'm a big classical music listener myself).

i've used gma europa's with a 502a, and had excellent results as well.

currently, i am using dali suite speakers. a pair of suite 2.8's just came up for sale at $795, and i would imagine they would sound stunning with the jolida. for large scale classical music, i think that you would be better served by speakers that are closer to full-range, like the vandy's or dali's.

that's a nice setup of gear you have there... lots of good speaker options in your price range. you should be able to come up with a system that sounds far better then the price would suggest.
Hi Tony,

Since you very much into classical (especially Symphonies) I am not sure whether single driver speakers are the right way to go. Some speakers I considered for my Jolida amp before going the single driver route:

Soliloquy 5.3 or 6.2
Spendor S3/5 (+ sub)
GMA Europa
Totem ARRO (+ sub)

With your amp the Soliloquy speakers should work especially well. For the JD302b I find a monitor to work better (tighter bass), but for the 502b the standspeaker should be great too. Check with Underwood Hifi if he still has some Soliloquy's available. I almost bought some 6.2's from him. Lots of additional info in the Archives.

The GMA should be great as well worth checking out.

Good luck,

Rene