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Speaker upgrade for classical music

Hi, I need recommendations for a speaker upgrade. I’m a classical violinist and listen almost exclusively to classical, opera and jazz. No movies, Atmos, etc.  I have a 17x14 listening room (doubles as practice room) with acoustical treatments (phase coherent diffusers at main reflection points and regular ones elsewhere).
Half my listening is in stereo and half in multi-channel (4.0 and 5.1).   All my recordings are either CDs or high-res—DSD and FLAC—audio files. I don’t have a turntable. 

My current system: Marantz SR 8012 amp, Yamaha S1000 CD transport, Exasound e38 DAC and Sigma streamer (connected to the Marantz with analog 5.0 inputs). Speakers: Polk Rti A7 stereo, CSi A6 center, Rti A3 surround, and dual REL T/7i subs. 
What I want: speakers with improved musical detail and clarity that really reproduces the expansiveness of the symphony hall or church. I like a warmer sound than a drier one.  What’s most important to me is to hear what the recording engineer heard. Budget: say 8k or less.

Recommendations?  One other thing: Can I try them out?  And how?  I’m in Santa Fe, not a huge metropolis with lots of audiophile shops. 
Thanks very much. 
ssmaudio

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Might I suggest that you take a look at several speakers from Shahinian Acoustics as on the used market two would fall within your range. The Obelisk and The Hawk Ensemble.

Richard designed these speakers to be omni directional to recreate large scale classical, choral, orchestra music which they excel at. In fact they do many different genres as I listen to a lot of Jazz and old school rock, classical and have several time tried Opera (with no great success)

I would google them and check reviews. Obelisk come up for sale every so often, Hawks, less so but do as I have been able to move up through the different versions of the Obelisks over the years and currently have them on my second system, the Hawks are on my main.

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