Speaker choice


I listen to music at my living room second floor which is open space linking to first floor and about 12ft x 15 ft. 
 

My source is a Naim uniti atom network streamer and my amp is a Pass Labs XA30.5. I use to run this set up with a small harbeth p3ESR. But I couldn’t feel the speaker is not enough as the space is too huge for it. Now I have sold my speakers I m looking for a floor standing pair or a bigger XD speaker. 
 

budget : within $5k used unit. I will buy a subwoofer eventually to enhance the bass  if needed. Need to save up. 

I listen to mostly pop and orchestra music. I enjoy good and sweet Treble , clear , detail and musical vocal with lots of air and tight and solid base. I like my music that gives me the feeling that I am physically at the concert hall.

Which pair of speakers I should consider ? 

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Showing 1 response by joeycastillo

Hello OP,

All the above suggestions are great. IMO, if you like the sound of Harbeth speakers, you might just want to stay with their bigger models (house sound) rather than moving to other brands. Just get a bigger model but used to keep cost down

But if you wish to move into other brands, highly suggest that you audition it first. Based on what you wrote, the size of the listening area is similar to what I have, (13 x 23 for me). Although I listen near field, I still believe that stand mounts can perform well. My speakers are Ls3/5a and ATC and they can perform well (loud enough) in my listening area (80 to 90 db.). For me, the perception of the big "you are there" sound is driven by Subwoofers, that your Harbeth needed. In my case, I use 2x Rel T/7x Subs, integrated (using ROON) well in my LS3/5a. AND, I Use a good amount of Room Treatment. All this creates a Synergy that makes my small speakers sound loud enough, as long as you listen near field.

If you wish to move to other brands, I have heard the MoFi Sourcepoints which sounds great and i believe as others have said above, the Tekton models ( i have not heard them)