What speakers for a 10 x10 room?

I recently had the same quagmire to deal with in a 10 x 11 office that I wanted to put high end sound into. I tried many speakers, but all were either too mid-fi sounding, too big with boomy bass or too small with no real bass. My goal was to obtain world class sound and decent bass. Finally I found the AV Reality Avinci ones. These use "best of the best" drivers that are usually only seen in $4000+ speakers. Luckiliy, AV Reality priced these speakers near $1000, so they were the bargain of the century when it comes to build of material cost versus customer cost (build of material cost is over $880!). Honestly I can't figure out how this guy makes any money...back to the speaker... What really makes this speaker work so well is that they have 5.5" Scan Speak revelator woofers. These are much easier to integrate into a very small room becuase of their size, yet these woofers are damn heroic. They have very surprising output down to 30 hz. From my understanding, they have the BEST bass of any woofer driver for their size, period. I can't say enough about these speakers because my other system is composed of Legacy Whispers in a 33 x 22 custom made dedicated listening room with 1000w dual subwoofers i.e. I am quite spoiled in terms of fidelity. The bottom line is that I enjoy music just as much on my small system with the AV Realitys and actually prefer their treble over my Whispers. They are that good!

The dip that you are experiencing in the upper bass / lower midrange is typical of a "floor bounce" reflection. Altering the height of your speakers will play games with this to a great extent. Knowing this, you can experiment around and see what you can come up with. This is not to say that this is your only problem, but that it would be my first guess. Sean
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I have talon Peregine Xs set up in my 10*11 and they sound wonderful. They are almost right up against the back wall but because they are front ported this is a minor issue. Email me to discuss if you are interested...

I was recently at a dealer who had one small room about the size of yours.He was using Soliloquy 2a3 mini monitors on and off with a Soliloquy sub.The amps were Cary 2a3 monoblocks(5 watts set) or a Cary rocket 88(20 watts triode).Boys and girls,It doesn't get much better than that in a small room.

Yeah, I have extensive experience with small room set-ups from an acoustical standpoint. I assume your room is a perfect rectangle/square all around? Also, your ceiling is probably 8', right? If this is the case you need to be using ONLY 25" stands or shorter for 2 way monitor speakers. With an 8' ceiling, and small room dimmensions, is almost impossible to get good bass when the speakers are up higher on stands(26" and higher). Also, you will DEFINITELY have to play around with speaker placment in that room quite a bit to get the sound adequate from where you sit(probably against the wall, correct?). That scenario already will have some problems with bass response sounding boomy. You'll likely either have to get some small floor standers, or use 2 way ported speakers out into the room a bit, or do acoustic suspension sealed speaekers that can go a bit closer to the front wall. Sill, you want to stay away from really full range speakers in that tiny room, and cocentrate on bass limited speakers. Then, you can use your woofer if you need to, and perferablly EQ the sub!!!...for flat response from where you sit.
I know of what I speak, as my last room, using higher end gear, was 10.5' X 12.5' x 8'...and it was a bear to get my little ported SF Minima Amators to sound good in that room. I also had Thiel 1.5's in the room which worked great if you got em off the floor a bit, and tried Thiel 2.3's as well (too much bass for the room).
However, for your room, may I strongly suggest that you will do NO BETTER Sonically, and practically wise, then the Merlin Millenium TSM acousic suspension monitors!!! They are perfect for small rooms, are class A rated monitor for sure, work great with tube gear, or lower powered SS as well, and are easier to place in small rooms with their design! Not being ported they even usually work well closer to walls in small rooms.
They retail for $2500/pr new, and are a steal! I know, I own them currently myself. Anway, go to www.merlinmusic.com if you want specs and review.