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small speakers for small room

hello, i would like to set up a bed room system, and hope that you can give me some advice

Currently I have AQ dragonfly USB DAC, a musical fidelity X-A1 vintage int. amp (50W*2), now I am looking for passive speakers

My bed room is very small (2M*3M), so the speakers cannot put too far from the wall (~20cm). And I am looking for small one, less wide than 17cm.

My music taste is mainly pop music and electronic music (kraftwerk, pet shop boys..); but i listen to jazz, rock and classical sometimes too. I dislike bright sound (from the experience of using monitor audio).

My budget is <1200 USD, I have shortlisted the following:
Proac tablette series
PSB imagine mini
Spendor SA1
Rega RS1

I dont mind to use vintage stuff too.
Could you give me some advice? I know it is a great space constraint though.

Thanks a lot in advance.
monster7

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monster7 OP
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thanks a lot for your reply, the above ones, i have only tried silverline seriously. psb and proac i have heard briefly in demo. maybe i will try rega and go for a final choice

totem seems not available in my city.
monster7 OP
12 posts
 
thanks for your advice indeed!
i guess my subject should be changed to desktop speakers for very room, LOL
monster7 OP
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Today I went to a shop which sells both silverline minuet and rega RS1

silverline: very dynamic, fast, excellent to play percussion, but too bright in high freq., the vocal is very clear

rega: not as fast and dynamic, but i guess given the size, it is OK, just silverline is superb. not bright, vocal and piano is warm sound. then i played vocal jazz patricia barber, rega touched me immediately while silverline cannot.

I would say minuet is an amazing tiny speakers. but i still choose rega RS1, because vocal is more important to me then dynamic or details.

thanks for the advice above, cheers
monster7 OP
12 posts
 
now pairing with musical fidelity X-A1, typical British sound as you may expect. warm vocal, no punchy or deep bass. but i have not bought spikes yet.

it seems that RS1 can really put closed to the wall although it is rear ported

I dont know why RS1 is not covered by hi-fi magazines
monster7 OP
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thanks rich
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