New 11' x 7' listening room....small speaker?

Zafrann,

Some great suggestions posted. You might want to check out Ohm Micro series. There's a review on 6moons that might give you an idea if they'd work. 120 day home trial makes it nice to find out. Good luck.

http://www.ohmspeakers.com/styles_microwalsh.cfm

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/walsh/micro.html

Cheers

I was thinking of a speaker that was reasonably priced and had great tonal balance. I admit I have never tried Maggie 1.6's in a room that small.

One friend in my audio group has 1.6's in a spare room that's maybe 11 X 14 and they sound wonderful, maybe that's enough larger space to accommodate.

In spite of reactions here, I would likely try them myself if faced with that space. If it sucked, I'd pull em out. If it worked, it would be a speaker I could live with, even at low volume level.

You might consider the Proac tablette Reference 8 signature, they are very musical!
Good luck

At $2k used, I would put Merlin TSMs on the list but consult with Bobby @ Merlin to see if the room is big enough and if your electronics would mate well with his speaker. He will give you an honest answer.

thanks for all of the suggestions...going to try a few of these recommendations out...starting with the Ohm Micro Walsh Talls...

The Ohm engineer I talked to was very helpful and was confident that these would do well in my room. If not, I have 120 days to send them back. Not bad.