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Full Range Floor Standers...Help me choose a pair.

I'm both tired and no longer interested in the challenge of finding a speaker pair compatible with my sub after finding and restoring a few pairs of nice small speakers (Infinity RS-225 and Polk Monitor 4 among them).

Can someone recommend a floorstander that does not need a sub?

I prefer to find and restore a used set, but I'll consider new as well. My budget is low, hence the preference for used. I am pretty good at refoaming, rebuilding crossovers and all the rest.

Equipment is an integrated amp (Outlaw RR-2150) with the following specs:


Continuous Average Power:
100 watts per channel, 20 Hz - 20kHz,<0.03% THD, both channels driven into 8 ohms
160 watts per channel, 20 Hz - 20kHz,<0.03% THD, both channels driven into 4 ohms

It can also work as a preamp so I'm not averse to speakers that need more power than this can provide.

The problem is that my music tastes range from classical to rock to bass-heavy electronic and almost everything in between. My truly critical listening comes with classical and blues. So if they are better suited for that than say, AC/DC or Tiesto, I prefer to err on the side of classical and acoustic.

The sources are a Music Hall MMF-5 with a moving magnet Goldring cart and an ever changing array of CD/SACD players depending on my luck at the thrifts or CL.

Just to provide complete info, I've been at this for a while and have also been looking at DIY solutions, but recent time shortages (thank heaven...it means I'm working more!) make the DIY path, while attractive, a little more difficult now.

Budget is up to $1500 but hoping to keep it below that.



Edits: 01/27/16 01/27/16
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Topic - Full Range Floor Standers...Help me choose a pair. - MannyE 11:22:42 01/27/16 (43)
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