Speakers to match Audiolab 8000A
Hiya, first post, nice to meet you all 
So basically I'm in the middle of getting my first proper hi-fi set up and need a pair speakers to match the Audiolab 8000A, which I got off ebay a few weeks ago. I've trawled through the deep crevices of the interweb and have seen people recommending several epos and mission speakers, although the one downside is that although they describe the speakers to all have great midrange, they are a bit shy in the bass department. Now I don't want speakers with copious amounts of bass, but I do - amoungst other things - listen to a lot of ambient and eletronic music so I do need the bass to be present.
So bascially I need a good set off speakers up to £150ish to match my Audiolab 8000A.
Thanks.
I'd look at the used market to get the most out of your 800A. Back in the day, I used to like the Epos ES11 and the Ruark Sceptre with the 8000A.
Hi Duffers and welcome!
You have made a good choice in the audiolab 8000a, it is recognised as having a excellent "neatural/transparent" quality enabling it to team with an unusually wide range of speakers, allowing their own qualities to show through. Your musical tastes are very similar to my own and I found it difficult to find a speaker that accurately reproduced the fine nuances electronic and ambient music contains and yet retained the dynamic range necessary to keep the music "alive"
After a very long search and trial and error, I eventually stumbled across a pair of Celef PE1 Domestic Monitors....wow was I surprised, a 1980's stand-mount design by Lewis Tyler, when he traded as Celef before becoming Pro-Ac of which he is today Chairman, still designing speakers...the rest is history as they say!
The Celef PE1 particularly suits our tastes because it has a sound very similar to the Quad ELS elecrostatic, with a piezo electric super-tweeter, providing the sweetest top end, a well respected audax tweeter and a very capable Kef B200 mid/bass driver producing a decently extended but well controlled bass line. Fortunately, Celef is not a well known name, if the badge on them said Pro-Ac, you would be looking at a fortune, but add about£50.00 to your budget and watch ebay ( i have seen two pairs on ebay already this year) for a decent pair, I honestly do not think you will find anything that will so well suit your purposes, my audiolab 8000a makes them sing like nothing else I have tried and believe me I tried!
I'd look at the used market to get the most out of your 800A. Back in the day, I used to like the Epos ES11 and the Ruark Sceptre with the 8000A.
I can vouch for the Ruark Sceptre's on the 8000A, had them both running with a Micromega Logic CD player and was a great, tight & punchy sound. The Sceptre's were quite underrated speakers, just had to be careful not to overtighten the Allen bolts which came loose over time! 
Cheers for the replies guys. And yeah I forgot to mention that I'm more than happy to go used. Firstly the Epos models are too expensive, I bid on a pair of Epos 11's a few weeks back and they ended up going for £240, which is sadley too far than I can stretch. Ideally my budget would be around £300 but just can't afford it. I've had a quick look on ebay for the celefs and Ruark Spcetre's, but no luck at the minute, will keep an eye out.
Also I agree Fidelity Fella. I have a rather large collection of eletronic music, and without adequete bass reproduction it would make my collection pretty obsolete. I can't imagine listening to Autechre and Aphex Twin with bright speakers 
And ofcourse all them other frequencies are important as well, can't be dealong with repressed mids and highs (I made that mistake already when I bought a pair of sonyxb's a few years back).
Also, there are a pair of Mission 751's on ebay at the minute with decent stands, does anyone have an opinion on them?
Hello,
apologies for turning up late to the party but I've been running Mission 751s off my Audiolab 8000a since 1995 (slightly ashamed to admit) but I have absolutely loved the set up - so much so that every time I've been tempted to upgrade I haven't been persuaded (without changing the amp too). Really good combination in my opinion
Hiya, first post, nice to meet you all
So basically I'm in the middle of getting my first proper hi-fi set up and need a pair speakers to match the Audiolab 8000A, which I got off ebay a few weeks ago. I've trawled through the deep crevices of the interweb and have seen people recommending several epos and mission speakers, although the one downside is that although they describe the speakers to all have great midrange, they are a bit shy in the bass department. Now I don't want speakers with copious amounts of bass, but I do - amoungst other things - listen to a lot of ambient and eletronic music so I do need the bass to be present.
So bascially I need a good set off speakers up to £150ish to match my Audiolab 8000A.
Thanks. mission 752s you should be able to find some on the bay within your budget great speakers all round I ran a pair with my 8000a for years and now my Son is running them with an 8000a which I bought him off the bay you will find them hard to beat for the Money good luck
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