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The Best Speakers for a Small Room

I am looking for a pair of speakers for my relatively small (approximately 12x14 ft) listening/living room. I have a McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe power amplifer and a Meridian 506.24 CD player. I listen to a lot of different types of music, but mostly to progressive rock (Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant), jam bands (Moe., Dave Matthews Band, Phish, String Cheese Incident) bluegrass, and jazz (both fusion and a lot of traditional acoustic). . . in general, very busy music. Does anyone have suggestions for speakers that would match well with my listening room size, electronics, and musical tastes? And yes, before you say it Carl, I realize that room treatment is absolutely critical and will act accordingly. I would prefer to keep the price around $1500 (new or used), but could go up to $2000 if there was something really special out there. Thanks to any and all that respond!
gmorse
sjt
4 posts
 
I can only recommend a pair of Avance Epsilon 910s...I'm biased since I own these, but I auditioned many bookshelf speakers before making my purchase. Quality parts...Scan Speak drivers. They list at $999, but can be gotten for a little less than that with a discount. See them at www.avance-international.com. Other speakers that were very nice were the Dynaudio Audience 40's ($699)and the B&W CDM1SE's ($1100). Have fun listening.
kgb540
125 posts
 
Most of the above mentioned speakers are very good. You should try Paradigm's Mini-Monitor. VERY accurate and even more AFFORDABLE. For a bookshelf speaker, you will never greatly surpass their performance and they can be had for new under $400.
kgb540
125 posts
 
Since the Paradigm falls well below you price limit and they are in need of low bass help, you could check out an additional 250watt HSU TN1225 subwoofer and KILL the other set-ups mentioned and still be about $300 below you spending limit. The HSU has a very small "footprint" so it will not take up hardly any excess room.
john_l
782 posts
 
I have the Virgo's in a 12x16room. They do sound excellent, but to get the best, I have them set up 8 feet apart, and 5 feet into the room. They lose some of their imaging ability if they are nearer the back wall. Also they are a little heavy (60-70lbs ?)to move around on a regular basis. I have also had the Audio Physic Tempo III's in this room and found they too needed mid-room placement.
carl_eber
1,425 posts
 
Hi, Martin, great hearing from you! This guy has owned tons of stuff!
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