Speakers for a newbie

Room size is important as well as your sonic preferences. What sound characteristics matter to you most?

Hi all.

Can someone please give me some advice on speakers?
It's my first setup so I bought some old gear. I want to improve little by little.
In my first setup so I'm on a budget. Any ideas on a sub 500 Speaker set?

My amp is:
Mcintosh MC7100

Preamp:
Rotel RC870

CD Player:
Rotel RCD-965BX

Thanks a lot!!!

thanks a lot for your advice guys.

I want to listen to different kinds of music. From Pink Floyd and rock, Miles Davis, Beatles, to Mozart, Tchaikovsky, etc...

I love bass. I would like to really have some bass. But I also love clean and clear sound so I guess it would have to do more with budget.

My room is about 9 sq meters. Wooden floors and high ceiling, no padding on the walls.

Thanks a lot guys!!

For less than 500, a must audition is BA A26 monitors...these have a seductive, romantic quality with amazing bass for their size...they reminded me of higher end European speaker such as Sonus Faber...great build quality as well

Start with Vandersteen speakers. Whatever you can buy within your budget.