One for the collective wisdom of AOS' classic speaker gurus...

I have a niggling urge to try an alternative '70's style' speaker priced up to around £500, as a replacement for my current Mordaunt Short MS 400.

Firstly is this something worth doing for that kind of money?

I like the transparency, detail, scale and ease of driving that my current floor standers give for the limited output from my EL84 amp but am obsessing that I could be getting more (ever the hifi curse).

Current setup is ALLO Katana DAC through Icon Audio Stereo 20PP amp (with decent valves).

Any thoughts or comments on the following (or viable alternatives) will be valued...

  • Spendor BC1
  • Spendor SP1
  • Celestion Ditton 25
  • Celestion Ditton 33
  • Celestion Ditton 44
  • B&W DM2
  • B&W DM3
  • B&W DM4