New Speakers Dilemma!

[Chepboy]

Hi all,

I am thhinking of changing my rather old (nearly 20years) Mission 780SE speakers to something a little more up to to date. Although I still enjoy the sound I am wondering if something new would sound even better with my current system..

I have a Marantz CD6004 & Marantz PM6004. I have been drawn to the Q Acoustics concept 20's, however I've started to wonder about floorstanders too! Q Acoustics 2050i maybe? Is my room big enough? Room size is 15' x 9' approx and I listen about 8' away from the speakers... I live in an apartment so have to be careful with volume levels, though not exceedingly low!

Any advice, would be greatly appreciated, many thanks.

 

[bigfish786]

I can highly recommend Focal Chorus floorstanders. I've been very impressed with them.

 

[Tzutzu]

Focal Chorus 714. Tried them with Marantz in a 16m2 room. Very nice.

 

[BigH]

I had the 780SEs as well, I did try quite a few speakers and I was generally disappointed, esp. likes of Rega RS1s which I thought would be similar. As for floorstanders depends on the speaker and how close to walls they are, for that sixze room I would generally go for standmounts, my room is 16x11 and I would not have FS. FS will have more bass which maybe not a good thing in yr apartment but maybe you can play at lower volume?

I would have some auditions.