looking for best speakers to match with small 25w

You might want to consider the decware 1.5s. I'm breaking in a pair right now and they are a most beguiling speaker. Airy, articulate as hell, and downright spooky with the right recording. Not the last word in bass but what it does have is pretty much spot on (down 3db @ 37hz.) They are a bit polite, placing you at the venue rather than an in your face kind of presentation. I'm told that they'll loosen up as time goes on (the 8" driver is only 4 grams of doped paper and is pretty tightly mounted) but the dynamic swings and transients can be breathtaking. You tend to 'see' more anatomy of vocalists and notes have that initial bite, followed by the body and then decay in a most natural manner. Separation is outstanding; nothing is congealed or homoginized but their is a slight lack of oomph from the lower mids on down (again, they haven't broken in yet, but are getting better every time I hear them). My only caveat is that a mediocre or bad recording will not be enhanced by these speakers: they reveal flaws like a magnifying glass. I haven't heard everything out there but plannars, stats and box speakers now sound like they're playing through a bolt or two of cheescloth. They are 92db efficient, use a ribbon tweeter from 3000 on up with only a capacitor, and have a passive 8" woofer firing downward. I'm presently using a TAD modified Cayin CA-30 and it's a match made in heaven. The sound is so good that I've put off getting a new CDP for now and am still using my old Rotel RCD-971 as source. Check them out at decware.com and enjoy the music!