The best speaker for a small room...at any price point.

I also encourage you to add  the Joseph Audio Pulsars to your  audition list. I heard them at "The
Show" in Oakland CA last year. I was mightily impressed!

If you like pulsars, go call lsa..underwood hi fi. LSA bookshelves are as good as pulsars, much lower price!!!!

I have Aerial 5T's and they are excellent in my apartment. They were mentioned earlier.

I don't know if you would want to be locked into a particular manufacturer's products but I think the Steinway Lyngdorf line of speakers like the model S or O are spectacular in both sound and looks.  Only problem is that you would need to use their amps exclusively AFAIK.

Room perfect is the real deal in room correction and placement of the speakers wouldn't be an issue.