Which Speaker


Hi, I'm building my first set up and need some help deciding on a set of speakers, I don' have a ton of money to spend but I've narrowed it down to some speakers that are in a sale deal so I can get the best ones I can. The main input will be vinyl from a pro-ject debut carbon evo and the amp will probably either be a marantz pm6007 or yamaha As501 depending on the speaker. The options I have: KEF Q550, Q Acoustics 3050i, Fyne Audio F303, Yamaha NS-F350, Wharfedale Diamond 12.4, Dali Oberon 5, Bowers & Wilkins 603 and Monitor Audio 200 or 500.
The website does say I can enquire about others to see if they would do a deal for them, they have many options like KEF 750, Dali Opticon 5,Elac Debut F6.2, Monitor Audio Silver 6, Kudos x2 and Mission QX4 - I dont know if they would allow any of these but I can always ask.
Music wise I tend to listen to indie/rock/metal but also a bit of everything from across the board, good bass is important but I can always add a subwoofer in the future. I know the best thing to do would be to listen in person but with full lockdown due to Covid I cant.
I think thats all the information I can give, I know I've listed quite a lot of speakers but it's my first try I want to do it well, thanks in advance for your thoughts.
oliverben5672

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Fair enough, I'll continue with the research and try to cut it down a bit, still if anyone has any experience with the listed or similar speakers I'm interested in what you think of them

I have looked into this but I dont have 1-1.5k just for speakers. This deal/sale I can get them from is an amp + speaker bundle and saves £100s overall as well as some free good quality speaker cable and 5 year warranty. As an example the Dali Oberon 5 and Marantz PM6007 come together for something like £850, as opposed to £700 + £500 separately. I believe this is the best way to make my money go as far as it can.
@b_limo its coming from a website called peter Tyson. I think they have a few UK based stores although I obviously cannot go to visit, I wonder if they ship internationally though? https://petertyson.co.uk/hifi/bundles-offers thats a link to their bundle offers although there are a lot to filter through but I agree the savings on some of them seem excellent.

It is hard to stick to a budget, I've probably already gone over a bit but sometimes its hard to resist with all the great ideas people put out and obviously wanting to get the best stuff possible and I'll admit I am probably a little more influenced by others opinions than I should be. 

I'm working my way through all the recommendations and really appreciate all your guys advice to. Its helpful talking to people who have first-hand experience with them as well as other reviews. I'm slowly making progress hopefully I'll get there soon
Yeah I don't intend to buy anything right away and might take a couple weeks anyway if I want to save up an extra bit of money. I definitely think my preference would be to buy new, plus it would come with a warranty and I'm always a little sceptical with second hand stuff, especially as I cant go and check it out. Saying that obviously if there's a stand out deal or something I'll consider it. The first website in the links above looks like a decent place to look around. 
I agree as well it sounds like a nice idea to work my way up as well as it allowing me to better appreciate the music and equipment. At the same time I want to come in at a good level though so I get a good quality sound and value, I guess I've got to find somewhere in the middle.
For monitor audio I'm looking at the silver range, gold seems to expensive and clearly silver beats bronze. However, I'm struggling to see the difference between some of the models, the 200, 300 and 500 seem to be pretty similar except the 500 appears a fair bit bigger. Not too sure what justifies the £250 difference between each of them. I've also seen the occasional silver 6 or 10 pop up but can't find anything really about them on the internet and how they compare to the others mentioned above.
I haven't heard of bluesound before so I'll see what that is too as well as sticking to narrowing down speaker options. Every time I seem to get somewhere I find a new one recommended somewhere, spoilt for choice I guess there are worse positions to be in. The most recent to come across my computer was the Jamo C 97 ii, but again can't find much on it unlike the other speakers on my list.

Ok, I've spent a lot of time looking at speakers and my budget over the weekend. For now I am going to have to go with a more budget friendly speaker but I wholly intend of upgrading in the future and will certainly come back to this thread when that time comes. For now, however, I am limited by expenses but I still believe I have some good options. The two speakers I've narrowed it down to are the Q Acoustics 3050i and the Dali Oberon 5, both I can secure for the same price. For reference if I could afford it I was leaning to a pair of the monitor audio silvers so if you recommended them good job. But maybe I could even go for some golds in the future you never know.
Anyway its between the Dali and the 3050i, what's getting your guys votes and why? Thanks again