Best speakers for a small room? 10'X14'


Greetings all! I need some advice. I just moved my system into a "dedicated" listening room. Only problem is that it's definitely on the small side 10'X14'). I'm thinking about selling my Hales Concept 2's and finding something that's more appropriate for this small room.

It's unlikely that I'll be able to spend much (if any) more than what I'll get for the Hales (~$1,000?). So what's a good speaker (doesn't matter if it's a floorstander, monitor, planar) for this sized room? I'm afraid of buying anything that's ported (especially rear). What are your thoughts??

BTW - I have plenty of power (Classe DR-9), so I can drive just about anything.

Thanks for your help!
danheather

Showing 1 response by seandtaylor99

I like the Spica tc-50 suggestion ... and you could throw in a subwoofer for bass. My listening room is 12x10, and I have Spica Angelus with a Rel Strata3 ... yes it works in such a small room! (Though there's not much space left) The spica's are 2.5 feet from the rear wall, and I listen in a nearfield position. The REL is just inside the right hand Spica (the corner position sounded awful). As a result I get full range sound, with no boom, and wonderful imaging and mids. I really like the flexibility of the separate sub ... you can place the main speakers optimally for sound stage and the sub optimally for smooth extended bass ... in any size room. I don't think I'll ever go back to looking for a main speaker to handle the deep bass, since that often leads to a compromise, either ending up with too much or too little bass, or putting the speakers too close to the rear wall to boost the bass, at the expense of imaging.
If you can swing Tc-50s or LS3/5s or even small Proacs and a REL (or other such musical sub, perhaps the ACI titan) I bet it could sound tremendous.