Best budget floorstander match: HELP MEEEEE .....

Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 or Pacific 20 will outperform the Bronze 3 in the bass area, and offer the seeest midrange of any of the other contenders. ANother Option is ANgstrom Omega 26 or 28 (Canadian) and walk all over the PSB/Paradigm product.

A good sized room, with hardwood floors and lots of windows. I recommend you treat your room first before spending any coin on speakers. Not sure about what you can get away with (assuming WAF is an issue), if you'd like some suggestions leave another post here and you'll get plenty of ideas how to tame your highly reflective room.

I would look for a warm sounding speaker to take the edge off. Your room seems fairly reflective and the tunes fairly gritty. Monitors could be good. Check out NHT, too. The 2.5 is very musical. Vandersteen 1C is also a good choice.

FYI, There a almost new pair of Cherry DM603S2 someone just listed for $660.

The very best kept secret in less expensive speakers these days are the Axioms. Large OEM producer.

www.axiomaudio.com

They offer an outrageous purchase plan of selling the speakers directly to include shipping AND customs costs from Canada. AND a 30 day return policy if not satisfied AND they even pay the return shipping. Beat that. Well, now how much would you pay? There's even more.

I purchased mine through the Audio Shop in Ottawa, they beat the price of Axiom by deleting the 30 day return policy. I was skeptical of aluminum woofers and titanium tweeters, but the speaker is sweet. Get the black as the vinyl wrap Boston cherry is fairly hideous.

I would even place my tube gear behind these. Cooooool....