I'm finally divorcing my music from my HT system and starting a dedicated two-channel rig, and thought I'd appeal to the collective wisdom in my hunt for speakers. Because I hate open-ended "What speaker should I get?" threads, I'll try to give as much specific information as possible:

Gear the speakers will be mated with:
SimAudio Moon I-3 SE integrated amp
Cambridge Audio 840c CD player
Benchmark DAC1 fed by my computer
- all connected with Signal Cables silver resolution cables

I listen to primarily jazz, classical, and bluegrass. I have a relatively small room that's prone to bass bloom. The room currently has a pair of Monitor Audio RS6s in it, and the bass is a bit much for the room. Consequently, I'm probably shooting for a pair of bookshelf monitors rather than floorstanders. I've also used a pair of RS1s in the room, which sounded lovely; I can just afford an upgrade, so I'll take it.

Lastly, I'd like to keep the budget under $2,500-ish.

Hope that's enough specific info for folks; I truly appreciate any and all suggestions.

Usher Tiny Dancer Be-718.

Kal

Guru QM10

Room treatments.

I bet you're from head-fi.org, no?
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Usher Tiny Dancer Be-718.

Kal

I just bought a pair 2 weeks ago for a music only 2 channel system, they are very, very, nice.

I would wager though, that even the cheapest speaker (http://www.selahaudio.com/id124.html) in my post would most likely beat the Tiny Dancer Be-718, at a bit over half the price with free shipping. Apart from the sonic signature/personal taste that is. Don't mean to offend anyone, but I wish someone did a shootout.

Usher Tiny Dancer Be-718.

I second that. It's a no-compromise speaker at a reasonable price. Problem is you may want to check the dimensions as it's bigger than most bookshelves, more like a real tower without the lower half.

Btw, I had the Moon integrated, isn't it a bit bright?

Btw, I had the Moon integrated, isn't it a bit bright?

Is it? I demoed it with a pair of small Rega bookshelves fed by an Apollo, and it sounded very nice. But if you've got some other suggestions, I'd love to hear them; I haven't purchased the Sim yet.