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Just moved and have a smaller audio room 10.5 x 15

I just moved into a new home and my audio room is 10.5 feet wide by 15 feet long with a 7 foot opening behind the seating area thats at the other end of the 15 foot length.

I currently have Spendor SP1/2e with a PASS X250 amp and like it. But having sold my B&W 801's I have some extra money to try something different.

I'm looking at
Quad ESL -63
Magnepan mg1.6 (I owned and liked the 3.6)
Gallo Ref 3.1
Montana SP2 signature
Von Schwe VR4-jr
Usher BE-718
Vandersteen 2ce signatures (Owned the older 2ci and liked them)
Audio physics Virgo III (Owned them before and thought they had the best and smoothest top end of all my past speakers)

Listening is 90% clasic rock and blues (4 piece bands) no head bangin

Thanks for any thoughts or sugestions
fin1bxn
chadlesko
94 posts
 
I just made the same move...16x8.5x7(LxWxH)...Anyway I found that my Spendor S8e were way too big...I started to use my Spendor S3e to great effect...sold it all and am currently trying Merlin TSM-MMe and Usher BE-718's...

One Caviat is that my room has tile floors and wood panels! In other words it is pretty lively. But with that said I think the Ushers are a little much for the space...if the room is damped heavily it might be great! I decided the Merlins are much better in this size room. The Ushers are totally different and I like them very much...but they do better in my larger room.

Others I hope to try down the road: Verity, Green Mountain, and anything else with a woofer!
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robr45
319 posts
 
If the room is dedicated try a good monitor and powered sub and listen in the near field with the system set up on the long wall.
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nrenter
766 posts
 
I would try a pair of Green Mountain Audio Eos (or Eos HD) + a pair of small REL subs.
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