As a previous owner of 805B and a small room I can give you my experience. My speakers are Vandersteen Model Fives which are also 87dB but have a 400 watt amplifier built in each speaker for the subwoofer. As expected the bass was excellent and the Carys have a great liquid midrange but the highs were rolled off and the soundstage was somewhat diminished. In a small room there is no need push up the volume so they will play quite loud. In my particular system I went with a more powerful amplifier that extended the top end but still had a excellent midrange(not like the Carys though, only a single ended amp can do that)and increased the soundstage. Of course it's all a trade off and one has to determine what is most important to them.
