Vandy 2ci -- ??? Help with replacement ideas


Hello,
My wife hates the Vandy's because they are so big. She has indicated that we could spend some money to replace them with something "more attractive that don't take up the entire living room."

I got these for about $400 and can probably sell them and end up with a budget of about $1000 for used speakers (new doesn't interest me much).

Any ideas so that I can keep the musicality of my system with slimmer speakers?

Thanks,
E

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I have a pair of B&W 602S2's that I used until January when I got the Vandys. I have enjoyed the Vandys much more in comparison. Also, I have two cats, so while they didn't knock over the monitors, I was always afraid that they would. Floorstanders seem better suited to the cats.

My room is 19x13, 8' ceiling. My system is along the 19' wall. Left speaker is 7' from the wall (the front door is in that space) and the right speaker is 3.5' from the doorway to the kitchen.

The 13' wall that the kitchen doorway is in also has a 6'x3.5' cutout (the kitchen used to be the receptionist space of a doctor's office). THe kitchen is 9'x13'.

I include the kitchen information because the right side of the room has all of these "holes" into the kitchen so I thought that it might be of use knowing this when thinking of speakers.
I have noticed a few good deals on the Monitor Audio Silver series speakers latley. They all have a very small footprint and are very attractive. Sound pretty darn good to, very dynamic . I used to have a pair of the 5i's and really enjoyed them.