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Speakers for Small Room

Hi all.  I’ll be moving later this year and significantly downsizing.  My current listening room is 23’ x 32’ x 12’.  The space at my new place is 15’ x 10’ x 9’.  Speakers will go along the long wall due to doorways, windows, etc.  My speakers include Volti Audio Rivals (currently hooked-up), Devore O/96 and Magnepan LRS+.  Amplification is Pass Labs XA30.8.  Looking for thoughts on which of the above would be the best fit, or open to suggestions for other speakers.  I initially thought the Devores, but they’re rear-ported and need some pretty decent space from the front wall, which I won’t have.  Although the Volti’s are large, they can be positioned pretty close to the front wall.  Just not sure how "in my face" they’ll sound as my seating position will be about 8’ away.  Almost forgot to mention, also have a pair of REL Carbon Specials that I doubt I'll need in the new, smaller space.  Of course, amplification might need to change depending on speaker recommendations, so feel free to throw out suggestions on that front too.  I’m agnostic as to solid state or tube, but not interested in integrateds as my Grimm MU2 serves as my preamp.  Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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weebeesdad
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Pure Audio Project is now making an open baffle model designed specifically for small rooms and claims it only needs to be a foot off the wall for optimum performance. Choice of an AMT or Voxativ Alnico center driver. 

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limomangus
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Nice choices of speakers gentlemen. 

996turbo911
238 posts
 

I'm in the market for some monitors to go in a relatively small room. Listened to a bunch recently and my favorites have been the Joseph Pulsar 2 Graphene, the Franco Serblin Goldberg, and the Mon Acoustics Platimon mkII. These were all in dealer showrooms though, with a little room to go out into the space, which is how my room is as well. So not sure how much it applies to your situation.

 

dtorc
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I have the Volti Razz, and sit about 8.5 ft. away from them in a room onloy a little larger than yours. I am pleasantly surprised at how they fit the space wonderfully. I did use the provided resistors to slightly reduce tweeter output, and increase midrange output. It works well in my room. 

 

David

larryi
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The Volti Razz and even much larger horn-based systems tend to work very well in smaller rooms.  It may have something to do with the controlled directivity of the midrange driver which allows for placement near side walls.  If you look at Japanese audio magazines, you will see that a lot of horn systems are placed in extremely small apartment rooms.  This i because horns work well in such rooms and because horns sound very good at extremely LOW volume levels, they are suited for apartments where you cannot play the system at high levels.  

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