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  new small room, big change
I recently moved and had to go from a relatively large 15 x 14 room with 9' ceiling to a 8 x 16 room with a 7 foot ceiling. To compound issues more the room has a tile floor (at some point the room was converted from a porch into an extension of the main house) and the walls are wood.

In any event, having had Spendor S8e speakers for 3 years now....I thought I knew them! It became quite clear that they will not work in such a small space. Fortunately I have the smaller S3e speakers on hand and I put these little bookshelf speakers in place. What a huge difference! Now I am seeing how bookshelf speakers have a true place in life for all types of music...it's the room that dictates speaker size and not the music.

Therefore I am arriving at my question: What bookshelf speakers are one tier up with a woofer no greater than 6"? I am looking to spend no more than $5k on the used market and would be greatly interested to hear what is out their at this price point. Some thoughts are Verity, Ecalante (Pinion) and ???

Let me hear from you small room bound goners...

Thanks
Chadlesko  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

11-24-08
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11-25-08   Dynaudio confidence c1's (approx $4k used 7.5k new). sonus ...   Xti16

11-25-08: Acadie
If you like Spendor, why not check out Harbeth speakers. I am sure they would work great in a smaller room.
Acadie  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


11-25-08   I have found that any room 12 ft wide or less is too small i ...   Undertow

11-25-08   ....and totem.   Rubber

11-25-08   Why limit woofer to 6in? best in small rooms is a seas exoti ...   Johnk

11-25-08   If you must change dynaudio contour is a less expensive opti ...   Mapman

11-25-08   Whoops, also forgot magnepan. mmgs alone or with a sub migh ...   Mapman

11-25-08   don't worry about the woofer size, it isn't relevant. the c ...   Stanwal

11-25-08   Hi, regarding dynaudio... they are great speakers, but in ...   Goatwuss

11-25-08   Goatwuss, i agree with you assessment of dynaudio speakers ...   Mapman

11-25-08   if you decide that you do want a speaker smaller then the s ...   Stanwal

11-25-08   Definitely try a pair of harbeth shl5s. there's a pair for s ...   Rgs92

11-25-08   Agreed that woofer size is irrelevant. i have a pair of tote ...   Rebbi

11-25-08   Hello everyone...thanks for the great response. i wanted to ...   Chadlesko

11-25-08   Chadlesko, even the small dynaudios contour 1.3's do need a ...   Mapman

11-25-08   Chad, have spendor, harbeth and reference 3a speakers. all h ...   Magnumpi205

11-25-08   What makes a speaker "musical" as opposed to " ...   Mapman

11-25-08   I use celestion sl-700s in a small bedroom. if you can find ...   Gsm18439

11-26-08   Mapman linear- speakers designed to have the smoothest frequ ...   Magnumpi205

11-26-08   I recommend doing some serious acoustic treatment before buy ...   Frank_sm

11-27-08   Buy the speakers first and treat the room afterwards. treati ...   Magnumpi205

11-27-08   Fwiw, as you do not discuss a proposed set up and i assume t ...   Newbee

11-27-08   Check out the ridge street sasons musical and would work v ...   Musicfile

11-27-08   Or one of the smaller audio note speakers with corner set-up ...   Gsm18439


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