Proac 1sc or 2D for this size room

I am running the Response D Two's in a very similar sized room and they do very well. Strangely enough my brother lent me a pair of Proac 1S to see if I liked the "Proac" sound. I really thought those little speakers did well in my small room but I do tend to turn it up from time to time so I auditioned the D2's. I figured they where about the best fit for this room. I finally settled on the D2's and have been very, very happy. I had gone through a fairly long list of tower speakers but couldnt get a good fit for the room. Similar problems to what you describe with the C5's. I tried 4-5 different monitors as well including the Dynaudio 1.3 MKII's and liked the more laid back sound of the Proacs. I was hunting for the Confidence C1's when I settled on the D2's. That might be another option - I auditioned the C1's and thought they where incredible but a very different sound from the Proacs. They should sound good at nearly twice the price.

I would describe the Proacs as more laid back, non- fatiguing with a very well detailed midrange (warm, full-bloom). The C1's were fast, detailed, very stong upper end and incredible bass for such a small speaker. I run a sub with the Proacs but not all the time and just a touch.

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The only reason I would upgrade my speakers is if I could find the light maple or birdseye maple finish and with all the switching around I have done that says something. I have never shied away from switching out equipment. For now I am very happy however.

My equipment :

Modwright SWL 9.0 SE (Signature Edition)
Levinson 23.5
Levinson 27
Wadia 23
Audio Research PH3 SE
Denon DP 62L / Grado Gold
Logitech Transporter (No mods yet)

Proac Response D Two in cherry
Velodyne DD-10 sub

Cables :

A mix of Cardas, Signal Cable(silver) and Acoustic Zen.

Favorite music :

Older Jazz (Miles, Coltrane ... etc)
70's/80's rock (ABB, Jeff Beck, ELP, Zep, Beatles)
Blues

I do dip into R&B and soul but mostly the stuff from the 70's ...

Good luck, and I would like to hear your thoughts after auditioning the D Two and compare them to the C5's.

Go for the 2D, if you have the room. Stands, of course, are a must and should be filled.

imho the response 2, and now the d2, have always been the sweet pot in proac's line. the perfect storm if you will.

I have had both the 1SC's and (now) the 2S's. I absolutely loved the 1SC's in my old, smaller room. Very detailed (but not ruthlessly so) tube-friendly speakers. But I moved to a place with a larger listening room (loft-style layout, a roughly 25 x 25 x 30 quasi-triangle-shaped room), and I kept turning the 1SC's up too much in order to 'fill' the room, and it became clear they weren't 'big enough'. I wanted to retain as much of the 1SC's sound as possible, but in a bigger package, and the 2S was a logical choice. I've had to forego some of the 'ability to disappear' I got with the 1SC's, but have gained more heft, weight and ease in the process, and I still have much of the sonic character of the 1SC (both use the same tweeter, for one thing). It's proven to be an acceptable trade-off for me.

I'm sure the D2's would be even better, but I got a great deal on the 2S's (in Yew wood finish) here locally and am, for the time being, satisfied. If I had a smaller room, I'd probably want my 1SC's back!