Hi-fi recommendations for house parties and home listening

[Our_arch]

Hi,

I’m looking for suggestions on a set up for my living room, I play all genres across the board but mainly downtempo/house/techno/ minimal. I want something for max 800 and looking for something that is both accurate and warm for home listening but does have a punchy sub for a house party or after party spot. Potentially thinking about the vintage JBLs with a sub woofer or some floor standing. Want to be able to fill the room without necessarily railing it. This is my first hi-fi/set up have been using the technics SB3030s so far and okay for what they are worth but really want to take home listening and house party to an impressive standard. Only just been able to get a living room and what people to be impressed when they come over to play records whether that be to 4 people or 20. Like I said I’m clueless but if anyone has any recommendations would be much appreciated!

 

[Dom]

You could do worse than the Dynaudio Emit M30 speakers. 200 watts 4 Ohm speakers that go very loud without distortion.

You might be able to find them for around £800 but beware you need a meaty amplifier to power them.

 

[twinkletoes]

Mission 703/704 rare but for a reason, b&w 603s2 (watch for damaged tweeters on these). Mission m74, cerwin vega, jbl, klipsch heresy 1,2,3 (you will need a subwoofer with these)

These will rock your world and may find you don’t need a subwoofer with them. But there fantastic speakers for critical listening as well.

 

[gasolin]

active set

LD Systems Dave 8 XS​

pleanty of money left for a monitor controller, preamp or mixer

Passive speaker q acoustice 3050i low impedans and high sensitivity