Ohm Walsh’s are worth checking out! I have an older pair of the Cylinders in my front room system. Amazing 3-D room-filling sound with seemingly unlimited headroom!
Speaker Variety / Interim Recommendation
I am looking for some speaker ideas. About a year ago, in the middle of covid, I rediscovered my stereo system. I have had Adcom equipment and some old KEF Reference Model 1 speakers, most of which I purchased about 20 years ago. Long story short, last year I ended up upgrading to a few Moon components (390/330) and couldn't be happier. This in turn has led me to upgrade some of my accessories ( racks and cables ). I am also now also super happy with my second system, ELAC Unifi 5.2 speakers being driven by my old Adcom 5500. My new primary system is fantastic and I have listened to both systems I think non-stop this past year. However, I feel my KEF speakers in my main system are definitely now the weak link and I want to experience a different sound. I ultimately am eyeing the Focal Kanta 2 in the long run, but I am going to have a different main listening room hopefully in about 2 years and want to make sure I know what that room is before making that type of investment. But, I have been having so much fun with my system, and I also am super impatient, so I want to upgrade my speakers sooner than later and am contemplating trying something out for a year or two until I am in my new housing situation. I want something that has a different sound that I can experience from my current set up and I can only think to describe what I want as maybe something more lively than my KEFs. I also feel my KEFs get distorted pretty quick those times when I go a bit louder. I listen to rock, jazz, acoustic, vocals, instrumental, some classical, etc. - a somewhat typical mix. Not a lot of heavy metal, hip hop or electronic, but some. I mostly stream from Qobuz, Sonos Radio HD, Spotify, Radio Paradise (which is just awesome by the way, if you have not checked it out I highly recommend) and some CDs. Not doing the Vinyl thing. Appreciate any thoughts.