Small Room Help


My listening room has changed. I am in a room 20x15, and contraints with power, case, etc., place the gear on the narrowest width. Instead of 17' from the speakers (old room) i am about 11' I tried to get my old B&W 802 Speakers to give some adequate sound..But I could not. I need help on auditioning some new speakers. Something that by sound and size won't overpower the room.I listen to classical and jazz; hi rez, sacd, and vinyl

Any help here will be greatly appreciated. I am near a couple of large cities so that I can do some research
Thanks. $ not the biggest concern
Mike
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Rooms sound different. How much time have you spent in your new "size"?

Get some blankets and a mirror. Have someone place the mirror on the l and r side wall to where you can see the speaker in it from your listening position then attach a blanket to those positions. If you don't have carpeting on the floor, do the same thing to the floor in front of the speakers. Does that make things any better? If it does you can "upgrade" the blankets.

Even if you buy new/different speakers, it doesn't hurt to cut down on these reflection points.

As far as new speaker recs...I'd encourage you to give the different Magnepan models a listen. Being line source types, they have less side wall and floor "bounce".