Revel F228be

A year in to the pandemic and what became working from home I moved my system that consisted of a McIntosh MA352 int amp and a pair of Klipsch Forte IVs From my family room in to my home office. 
Having heard the revel F208’s and liking them i purchased a new system for my family room that features the F228be’s powered by a McIntosh MA8900 and this system is wonderful in a completely new way. I can only describe the sound is that it doesn’t excel at the extremes of highs and low frequencies but fills the middle frequencies in a way I have never noticed. So the balance of real instruments and vocals sounds like the “instrument” being played. Like it get are  in my room.

I listen to music across a lot of genres w an emphasis on Jazz, electronic, indie and  the F228’s are just great to sit in front of for more time than I have in a long time. 

You're ready to drop an amount that certainly warrants getting the room prepared to exploit whatever you decide on.

It will be a waste if you can't get them out into the room 4-6ft from the front wall along with diffusion/damping. Fancy speaker cables and footers will NOT compensate for not being unable to meet this requirement.

Your amp and whatever linestage  in use will be fine until can plug in a "proper" 2 channel  amp and linestage. 

Demo highly recommended.

With a $7-8K budget you could probably buy the Revel F226's and a Coda CSiB integrated amp (and keep your SVS sub).

With a $10K budget you could probably buy the Revel F226 BE's and a Coda CSiB integrated amp (and keep your SVS sub).

The biggest issue with either scenario is how rarely the CSiB hits the used market; and, they sell very quickly when they do.

Bottom line, upgrading from the Rotel amp is good advice; so, expanding your speaker and/or amp choices might be necessary. Have fun and good luck!

My philosophy on a system is different than most peoples. You can make cheaper speakers sound amazing with better electronics, but the opposite is not true! Also, speakers are harder to sell than other stereo components mainly because many are large/heavy and expensive to ship. The exception to this rule for me is if I can find an end game speaker that I will have for 10+ years! 

Used Focal Kanta 2 would be a nice one to audition. Good luck !