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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I use a Lyngdorf DPA-1 digital preamp with RoomPerfect room correction in my room and it works wonderfully to tame my room acoustics. Plus it offers both digital and analog inputs so it's quite flexible. Hook it up to the amp and speakers of your choice, run the RoomPerfect setup, and you're 90 percent (or closer) to where you'd want to be.

I should add that this unit also contains a great DAC and digital crossover (if needed) and it sounds sweet and analogous.

Or alternately you could experiment with buying and selling every speaker you can afford until you find ones that are closer to your liking and don't forget to install copious acoustic room treatments and tube traps...