I also have a small room - 10.5 by 12.5 -- which I have been working with for the past 18 months.
The smaller the room, the more important acoustic treatments become. Small rooms are basically echo chambers. Treatments can make these rooms sonically much larger than they are phyicially. Bass treatments aside, the treatments needed do not take up much space.
The room needs diffusors on the side walls and the front or back wall. The other front/back wall needs to be absorptive. Auralex diffusors work for me. Also DIY plans are available at the Decware website. There are a couple of excellent room treatment white papers there. I have also heard of using bubble wrap -- the bigger the bubbles the better -- for diffusion, but have no experience with it.
Of the speakers on your list, I have owned only the Gallos. I had them in a large room. They like air. The more you give them the better they sound. I talking about say 4 or 5 feet off the wall behind and a couple of feet off the side walls.
As you probably know the ML users manuals state that the speakers can be used in a room of any size. They also go on for pages describing the "how to" of room treatments. There is a message here.
I would avoid rear-ported speakers. They generally need to be out from the wall behind and there just is not enough space in a small room for this and to allow space for sound stage integtration.
Please keep us posted. If you decide to go with the MLs, I would be especially interested in hearing about your experience.
The smaller the room, the more important acoustic treatments become. Small rooms are basically echo chambers. Treatments can make these rooms sonically much larger than they are phyicially. Bass treatments aside, the treatments needed do not take up much space.
The room needs diffusors on the side walls and the front or back wall. The other front/back wall needs to be absorptive. Auralex diffusors work for me. Also DIY plans are available at the Decware website. There are a couple of excellent room treatment white papers there. I have also heard of using bubble wrap -- the bigger the bubbles the better -- for diffusion, but have no experience with it.
Of the speakers on your list, I have owned only the Gallos. I had them in a large room. They like air. The more you give them the better they sound. I talking about say 4 or 5 feet off the wall behind and a couple of feet off the side walls.
As you probably know the ML users manuals state that the speakers can be used in a room of any size. They also go on for pages describing the "how to" of room treatments. There is a message here.
I would avoid rear-ported speakers. They generally need to be out from the wall behind and there just is not enough space in a small room for this and to allow space for sound stage integtration.
Please keep us posted. If you decide to go with the MLs, I would be especially interested in hearing about your experience.