Speakers for Audiolab 8000S

It is a good amp. I am not aware of any serious potential for mismatch. As long as your speakers don't need more than 60 w/ch it should work well.

At your budget of 1K, at any budget really, you should look at used speakers here at A'gon. If you buy used, you get better speakers for your money, and you can sell them for practically no loss if you upgrade again. With new, you lose a lot of money each time you upgrade. So, if you want to buy new and if you already have a listenable system, I would suggest waiting until you can save more. With used it doesn't matter.

Unlesss you have no interest in bass, I would look within the category of "full range floorstanders". Of course, used market is a matter of chance and opportunity, so be open minded. I have no expertise on specific models at this price level, but by casual scanning here are a few candidates at A'gon:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ddspkrfull&1154395853
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1153068203
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1153791823
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1153173990
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1152892871
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1154244075
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1151715787
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1152432533
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1153014603
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1154304197

Good luck.

Hi:

I own an AUDIOLAB 8000S and it mathes very well whith Monitor Audio (in my case i have the monitor 700 PMC" with Straight Wire Encore II cable.

Luís
Lisbon - Portugal