Bloodyhell Steve, what do you drink? What do you personly recomend me?
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Again, I just gave you a cross section to give you some idea of what was possible.
Right on your original budget is the Dali Concept 6. That would be worth a listening.
The Dali Concept 8 is a big speaker. I would expect this to really Rock the House. The most common price seems to be about £635/pr. This probably represents the most for your money is a quality respected speaker.
Next, I would say the Wharfedale Diamond 10.7. I've got the Diamond 9.6 and they are a pretty impressive speaker. The new 10.7 have 6.5 inch woofer instead of the 8" found in the Diamond 9.6, but the specs on the new 10.7 still look pretty good. Price on these is around £679.
If you are going to insist on your original budget of about £400, then the possibilities shift a little.
Monitor Audio BR5 @ £340/pr
or perhaps careful shopping on the Monitor Audio BR6 -
Monitor Audio BR6 - Google Product Search
Possibly the Mission M35i @ £350.
I have kind of mixed feeling about the KEF 'C' series, but the 'IQ' series is very well regarded, and you might find something like the KEF IQ50 -
KEF Iq50 - Google Product Search
I think off the top of my head, the two I would investigate first would be the Dali Concept 8, mostly because it is a big powerful speaker. Second, the Wharfedale 10.7. I've not had a chance to really listen to the new 10 series, but all indications are that it does have some improvements over the older 9 series, and they certainly look nice.
The difference is, the Dali Concept are selling at a discount, and the Wharfedales are at or near standard retail price.
If you search YouTube you can find some video demoing the Concept speakers. You have to choose your videos wisely, and take them with a grain of salt, as there are so many factors like the camera microphone, the speakers you are listening on, but I think with clear quality videos you can get some sense of the speakers. They also allow you to see the speaker in a normal environment to get a more realistic idea of the size. However, nothing substitutes for listening in person.
Here are a couple of tolerable videos of Dali Concept speaker, but again, there are a lot of factors clouding what you hear -
YouTube - Dali Concept 6 and XTZ 99 W10.16
YouTube - Dali Concept 6 & Dali Concept 1 Loudspeakers
In most cases, YouTube video are so poorly recorded as to be a waste of electrons.
Nothing will substitute for listening in person.
As to the suggested Focal speakers, I doubt you will find anything in your price range, but these are stunningly clear speakers.
The small bookshelf Focal run like this -
165mm, 55hz, Focal 706 = £350/pr
165mm, 55hz, Focal 806 = £499/pr
180mm, 50hz, Focal 807 = £599/pr
Again, stunning clarity, but these speakers are just too small for me.
Steve/bluewizard