Please help with choosing speakers

And when you say too large for your room do you mean you need to put them on the wall or hang them from the ceiling? Just about any speaker that goes on the floor, unless it is super slim (think the active Bang and Olufsen) is going to take up just about as much floor space as the Thiel speakers. Small moniters on stands will occupy just about as much, or more, floor space as floor standing Thiel speakers. If you must wall, or ceiling, mount then the options are much more limited. Spendor makes a nice speaker designed for wall mount as does Linn. Many speakers can be hung from the ceiling; setup is a pain but once you have it hung correctly it can work very well.