Great speakers for a small room

I would suggest a sealed speaker to avoid bass bloom sometimes associated with a ported speaker in a small room. I would ordinarily suggest Merlin, but I'm notsure that you have sufficient room to meet the manufacturers suggested listening distance. Maybe, the Dali RS3?

http://www.10audio.com/dali_rs3.htm

You say that this is an office; what furniture is in the room and where will the speakers be placed? Will there be a desk between you and the speakers, for instance?

Also, I am curious - how do you keep a 60W KT88 amp from turning your small room into a toaster oven?

wow a ton of great responses. Seems like a lot of us have small rooms and try and stuff speakers designed for big rooms into our little spaces, or we just live with crappy computer / bookshelf speakers. By overwhelming the room I think off loss of detail, boom for complex music. I sit most of the time at a large desk with speakers on either side of me so like headphones (tried my Zu Druids in this room and with height just like headphones) but also have the option of an off centre leather chair in nearfield.

The KT88s get warm even hot in the summer so mostly don't use them on real hot days but they are also fabulous in this small room from about October to April as a second source of heat! My amp is a Bella Extreme 3205.

some of the speakers I have tried over the last 5 years include Paradigm bookshelves (where I started out), audio note bookshelves, audio note e's, ellis audio 1801s, fostex homebrews, cain and cain abbeys, small maggies, zu druids (my speakers in main system), and most recently inexpensive TweakCity bookshelves. Those Dalis sound wonderful - think I am looking for great detail and dynamics at lower volumes and sealed cabinet makes sense - just very pricey.

The Spender SA and Harbeth's small P3ESR are both sealed cabinets as well. Check them out.