$1k speakers / Audio Refinement Complete

I aggree on the Meadowlark Krestal. Great speaker for the money. Also B&W 805(used) or Green Mountain .5 Cont...(used) would be good monitors to check out. Used you can find Hales Rev2 in your price range also. Would recomend you listen to all these with at least a similar equipment setup before you buy. Good luck......LR

The maggies are a good idea. Also Apogee Centaur Minors ($500-700 used)are awesome! Ribbon speakers bring audio to a new level.

Idaho: There is a review of the Audio Refinement Integrated amp at soundstage.com. Click on "equipment reviews" at the top of the page and then click on "archives". The review recommends speakers as well, some of which are mentioned in this thread. It sounds like an interesting amplifier, both musical and reasonably priced.

Although, it isn't "ethical" to recommend the components, that i own, i would like to mention the ACI (Audio concepts) Sapphire III! I wrote the "review" on ACI Sapphire II and it is posted on the Audiogons "Misc.audio"! Also you can check the Audioreview.com under the "Hall of fame"!

Idaho, I feel your [isolated] pain. (In the spirit of this political season.) I am, like you, watching these threads, looking for patterns of popularity for certain components, especially from those more mature posters on AudiogoN. The ARC is almost universally acclaimed in its price range. You might want to add one speaker in your price range for consideration, which is also very popular here, the Coincident monitor. Maybe someone has paired them with the ARC? Good luck, and let us know what happens. Charlie