The best speakers to pair with McIntosh MA7000 ?

That's a mighty nice looking amp!

Glancing at the specs, it looks like it should be able to drive most anything, so I think you can choose your speakers to audition depending on your preference.

If you are willing to consider something a little different with a big potential payoff, I'd consider doing an in home audition of a pair of larger OHMs (www.ohmspeakers.com). These could run only half of what your looking to spend and can compete with speakers costing even more.

I'd love to hear my OHMs on that amp!

As you probably already know, speakers are the most personal choice that you will make for your system, and nobody can make it for you. The good news is that you have a great integrated amp that will really drive almost anything, and drive it very well. Go listen to as many types of speakers as you can, dynamic, planar, horn etc. and see what you fall in love with.

And take your amp with you when you for demo purposes. Sure it weighs a hundred pounts, but if someone wants you buy $10K speakers in this economy I'm sure they'll carry it into the store for you.

ATC 19s or 20s. They will really dig out the detail in your music.