What is a good bookshelf


I own PSB Mini Stratus speakers. I want to upgrade to a bookshelf that has more space and more midrange with a sparkling upper end.

These speakers are great only lack in midbass and upper end.

Any ideas? I am willing to pay up to $2k for it.

Thanks
skyclmbr

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I wonder if my oldest son blew tweeters when I was on vacation. I have owned these since 2000. I havent really used the stereo much until I moved to new residence. I wonder if that maybe the cause?
I know the bottom end would have to be placement. But upper end I am wondering.
Thanks johnny, I never thought of disco the woofers. Will try that. But I hear music coming from them. Just sounds lets say less than desirable. But I will try your idea. Will get back to you on results.
They sound off. You can hear sound from them but it sounds grainy. I am using a Musical Fidelity A3 integrated amp. With a Cambridge 340 running it through a Dac magic.
I have been relaxing surfing the web today listening to music. The speakers have a good soundstage. It just sounds off is all. So you think it maybe crossover? I am going to see if I can take them to a hifi shop I made recent purchases from and let him see. Maybe he can tell me what he hears.

Thanks for the responses.
Yeah they are deff off. Listening to Donald Fagen's Kamakiriad and you can hear the highs are not smoot like before. They sound harsh now. The snare drum isn't snappy sounding anymore as well. Possible crossover the cause in such case? Like I mentioned before the soundstage sounds nice and wide and deep. Just not smooth as they sounded when i first bought them.

I am taking them to a hifi shop I been have going to lately, to have him hear. I most likely will buy new speakers.
Ok I took my speakers to audio shop yesterday and had him check them out. Tweeters and woofers are good. Crossover is fried according to him. Anyone know what a ball park repair would run? I may just sell them and let whoever buys them repair them. I would consider offers at this time. I do have the matching stands. Speaker cabs are in great shape, one of the stands has a nick on the side when I moved to my current location. So if anyone is in search of the mini's and don't mind having the crossovers replaced feel free to make an offer. I do have the original box for them but have no idea what I did with the literature.

I checked out focal's 726's while I was there. I may lean towards the 716's as a replacement instead. Or the PMC bookshelves. I am going to visit a store that sells the PMC's this week and see if I like those.

Thanks for the tips on speakers.
I did order the replacement crossovers for the mini's.

I would like to still sell them if any is interested.

I decided to go back to towers. After listening for a couple hours I can't understand why I went to bookshelves in first place lol. Oh well.
An update on speakers. I received the new crossovers and it renewed the speakers life again. Now I remember why I bought them originally. I will hang onto them for a while longer now.

I do have a question for the tech minded.
What would have caused both crossovers to fry like they did?