looking for speaker advice with DIY or stock cabinets

[Kevin R.]

Hello , I joined this forum after reading some of the interesting posts and am asking for help in the realm of advice in upgrading my speakers for the living room within my budget . Any advice. tips , thoughts or comments would be definitely appreciated .I have my Television hooked up to my amp but don't use it that much to be honest . I'm guessing the speakers would have to be shielded as they are on each side of the TV stand .Our living room is 15 foot square by 8 feet ceilings and opens up to a hallway and the dining room. I currently have a turntable / CD playing setup with a Jolida 302 tube amp . My speaker stands are only about 6 feet apart because of an entrance to a hallway on that wall and are across from the listening spot . They are 23" tall and 11" X 17" on top . I'd probably rather stay with bookshelf size on the stand as opposed to the skinny towers so prevalent these days . Our grandaughter is 2 and a half and still in the acrobatic and bumbling around stage of activity .Our house is fairly small . My speaker budget is about $500 and so far for starters I was looking at the Dayton DIY cabinets , the Polk Audio M80 , Cambridge Model Six , the Cygnet kits at Madisound and the Bose 301 due to their rectangular shape configuration . The speaker on the left is in the corner of the room . The cold air return is on the wall I'd rather use so I can't block it with the A/V stuff or I'd use it instead.Due to the tube amp and mostly music listening use I'm thinking it probably would have to be a pretty efficient speaker without being too bright.

thanks

Kevin R.

[ThomasW]

Dyslexics like myself find unformated text very problematic to comprehend.....

You might find this recent thread about tube amps and the speakers designed on this forum an interesting read.

https://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27622