So far the best small speaker I have heard is the High Emotion Audio Bella Twin. It is 16 ohms, about 93 db 1 watt/1 meter, honest to 36 hertz and has a tweeter that is easily one of the best in the world (its a sort of bending-ribbon driver with a dispersion angle of 120 degrees to both front and rear), crossed over at about 2KHz. The cabinet is well made and very non-resonant. It employs passive rear-firing radiators and seems to work best placed about 1.5 to 2.5 feet from the wall behind it.
This speaker is easy to drive, extremely accurate but non-fatiguing, very fast, and due to the tweeter has the a very wide sweet spot. If you hear it on this speaker its real, if you don't hear it on this speaker its either not there or its deep bass. We can drive it with 30 watts with ease. IMO the biggest weakness is that the dynamic range is limited by the excursion of the woofers; they do make a sub for it which I have not tried.
This speaker is an excellent monitor due to its extreme accuracy and the ease of driving it. We use a different version of this speaker as a near-field monitor in our recording studio.
This speaker is easy to drive, extremely accurate but non-fatiguing, very fast, and due to the tweeter has the a very wide sweet spot. If you hear it on this speaker its real, if you don't hear it on this speaker its either not there or its deep bass. We can drive it with 30 watts with ease. IMO the biggest weakness is that the dynamic range is limited by the excursion of the woofers; they do make a sub for it which I have not tried.
This speaker is an excellent monitor due to its extreme accuracy and the ease of driving it. We use a different version of this speaker as a near-field monitor in our recording studio.