God I love Hawaii! I went there on my first honeymoon and a second vacation with my first wife and I still love the state. Given it was with the first wife, that is saying a lot!
If it was me and you are thinking about consolidating down to one system, why not upgrade both? Your room is about the size of most demo rooms at hotel shows like AXPONA and Capital Audiofest so if you can deliver great sound in a show,
In a room that size you have a choice between a smallish floorstander or a great standmount with maybe a smallish subwoofer. Given your current system, it sounds like you prefer a slightly forward sound profile.
Given your taste and budget, there are a million options so getting things narrowed to what you like based on sound, looks and your concerns around energy consumption and additionally, how many pieces do you want? Separates or an integrated?
Really think through what you want and then it will be easier to map out a plan on how to get to it? Especially in terms of sound.
A few things I would look at through:
Linear Tube Audio - David Berning's ZOTL circuit is amazing and you in essence get a cool running tube amplifier. These are brilliant, albeit lower power.
Bob Carver equipment - This is also cool running tube gear. Bob Carver found a circuit that used to be used in CRTs that he applied here. These are much higher power.
Rogue Audio - Check out the Hydra and DragoN power amps. These are Class D with a tube input stage. I own a Hydra and it is a spectacular amp. Also look at their RPX line of preamps. An RP5 is wonderful with the Hydra and would also work well with a Bob Carver or LTA amp.
Other class Ds, Gs and Hs - Wyred4Sound, NuPrime, Benchmark, Krell, etc.... There are a million of these products on the market these days and most are very good. They will all run at similar temp or cooler than your current Class A/B gear. A/B gear is wonderful and there are lots of choice.
I would avoid Class A if heat is a concern. 75% of the energy that goes through a Class A amp burns off as heat so...
For speakers, there are 100s of brands and even more sub-brands that are on your budget and are amazing. To narrow this, key is sound profile and looks. I would take a look at B&W, Spendor, Focal, Revel, Scansonic/Raidho, Harbeth, Kef, Vandersteen, Wharfedale, Elac, Tekton, Zu, Magnepan, Martin Logan and Paradigm and let us know what you like and don't like aesthetically, Once we know what you like in terms of looks and sound, it becomes easier to help zero in on products that are worth listening too.
That is where I would start and reporting back on your thoughts can help narrow things.
Full disclosure, I am a dealer and manufacturer of speakers that sells some of the brands listed above.
If it was me and you are thinking about consolidating down to one system, why not upgrade both? Your room is about the size of most demo rooms at hotel shows like AXPONA and Capital Audiofest so if you can deliver great sound in a show,
In a room that size you have a choice between a smallish floorstander or a great standmount with maybe a smallish subwoofer. Given your current system, it sounds like you prefer a slightly forward sound profile.
Given your taste and budget, there are a million options so getting things narrowed to what you like based on sound, looks and your concerns around energy consumption and additionally, how many pieces do you want? Separates or an integrated?
Really think through what you want and then it will be easier to map out a plan on how to get to it? Especially in terms of sound.
A few things I would look at through:
Linear Tube Audio - David Berning's ZOTL circuit is amazing and you in essence get a cool running tube amplifier. These are brilliant, albeit lower power.
Bob Carver equipment - This is also cool running tube gear. Bob Carver found a circuit that used to be used in CRTs that he applied here. These are much higher power.
Rogue Audio - Check out the Hydra and DragoN power amps. These are Class D with a tube input stage. I own a Hydra and it is a spectacular amp. Also look at their RPX line of preamps. An RP5 is wonderful with the Hydra and would also work well with a Bob Carver or LTA amp.
Other class Ds, Gs and Hs - Wyred4Sound, NuPrime, Benchmark, Krell, etc.... There are a million of these products on the market these days and most are very good. They will all run at similar temp or cooler than your current Class A/B gear. A/B gear is wonderful and there are lots of choice.
I would avoid Class A if heat is a concern. 75% of the energy that goes through a Class A amp burns off as heat so...
For speakers, there are 100s of brands and even more sub-brands that are on your budget and are amazing. To narrow this, key is sound profile and looks. I would take a look at B&W, Spendor, Focal, Revel, Scansonic/Raidho, Harbeth, Kef, Vandersteen, Wharfedale, Elac, Tekton, Zu, Magnepan, Martin Logan and Paradigm and let us know what you like and don't like aesthetically, Once we know what you like in terms of looks and sound, it becomes easier to help zero in on products that are worth listening too.
That is where I would start and reporting back on your thoughts can help narrow things.
Full disclosure, I am a dealer and manufacturer of speakers that sells some of the brands listed above.