I have a very good pair of Energy c-3 speakers I like, but they have gotten knocked over three times now, once by my 2 year old, once by me trying to make sure he didn't! And once by the cat. I have changed stands to a very sturdy pair, but to no avail. I don't want to screw them to the stands, and fear even then, the whole thing could topple over, as the speakers are fairly top heavy, even when I have filled the stands.

However, I wouldn't mind more bass anyway, so if I upgrade to floorstanders, I'm ok with that. I do have a fairly limited budget - preferably no more than $500. In that league I have seen the Polk Rti 70 (older model now) the Wharfedale Diamond 8.4, and the Athena Technologies F-2. The Polks I can get on ebay used, or even new for probably less than $500, I like the real wood finish. All three of these speakers seemed very well reviewed, for what that is worth.

I have no local dealers for any of these speakers or for any speaker I like and/or can afford. So I have to buy more on reputation than anything else. I know, this is contrary to the advice I give to others, but I'm ok with that. Of course, if I can find some locally to listen to, I will.

Anyway, are there other speakers, floorstanders, that I should be adding to my list? I will buy used too. My listening tastes are electic, but rock is important, as is acoustic and classical to some extent. I have a good Roksan Kandy integrated amp and Kandy cd player.

Any thooughts or susggestions would be appreciated. Ciao!