Living room speakers

[HDen]

Hello all, for a long time I've been looking into speakers for the living room.

The living room(it's a living room/dining room) is 14'x27'x8'(WxLxH), the sofa is placed 12ft from the wall.

I've been looking at getting these; Magnepan MMG For Sale | AudiogoN

I don't have any amplifiers so recommendations for one would be nice. I have been thinking about the Emotiva XPA-2.

I'd be happy to hear any other recommendations, the budget for the speakers is of ~$1000, although I can stretch it a little bit but I would prefer not to so I can get the other components.

Thanks.

[luvdunhill]

x2. Do it!

[swt61]

X3. Sounds pretty good to me.

[Dusty Chalk]

They don't beam?

[postjack]

looks good to me.

[luvdunhill]

They don't beam?

Not in nearfield

[HDen]

Alright, well I'm glad to hear it's a good system... never been into speakers before so I wasn't sure.

I sent the offer, now I have to wait and see

[HDen]

Good, the seller needs to give me a quote on the shipping

edit: there was no 'offer' just a buy it now option, just realized this...

[The Monkey]

Is the amp powerful enough?

Tapatalk.

[HDen]

Is the amp powerful enough?

Tapatalk.

According the people at magnepan user group they work really well. Some people go as far as XPA-1s but the weight is what prevented me from buying them, it'd be over $400 to bring them here :S

I was wondering if I should get the XDA-1 and possibly the ERC-1 cd-player to go with this set? The XDA-1 has preamp and digital inputs it should work well with the xpa-2. Anyone have any opinions, are there better options within the same price range?

[HDen]

For this speaker system I had none, but I just got the XDA-1 so I guess this would be my source. I went with this one because of the price, I can always save up and get something better in the future. I just needed something to use with the speakers.

Still need to find a cd-player, any ideas for one? Something less than $500 would be nice, this is why I asked about the ERC-1.

[morphsci]

The XDA-1 sounded really good with the Schitt Valhalla and LCD-2s at TamJam. Since you only need a transport I would not spend a ton on CD player. Maybe a used transport?

[HDen]

Yes that's what I was thinking, maybe a Rotel or something?

[HDen]

You're right. I guess I'm set then, thanks for all the help guys.

Transport/laptop>xda-1>xpa-2>magnepan mmg

Now just have to wait to get the stuff here

[Dusty Chalk]

Oppo DVD player for the transport?