NHT 3.3s -- too big for my room?

Forgot. The Bryston should be plenty of power and they don't manufacture them (NHT 3.3's) anymore. Check out their new Classic 4's if you have a dealer near you. They ship in a couple of weeks.

I have been using the 3.3's for about 3 years. They do require a large room and plenty of power. Try to give them as much distance from the side walls as you can. Give them no less than 7' apart from one another. Positioning these speakers are difficult. Ive found that moving them by a matter of inches can change their presentation dramatically. Make sure the wall behind the speakers is rigid. The 4BST should do quite well but a 7B or 14B would be a much better choice.

I have owned the 3.3 for the past 8 years and at present Iam using a bat VK200 amp.This is a 100 watt amp and is more than enough to drive these speakers. My room is 15' by 18 'but the back wall has an 8' opening into my kitchen area. Are they to much for your room ? close but I think you will be ok. The fact that they were designed to sit against to the front wall was one of the reasons I bought them. Mine measure 9'' off the front wall.My pair measure 7' 6'' center to center.The only complaint I have is that the soundstage is a little low in height .I would not have noticed this at all but recently after listening to a friends Edgar Horns {which soundstage much higher] it did start to bother me. My solution was to insert a inch and a half spacer between my front outriggers and the spikes. This raised the soundstage about 16'' and Iam a happy camper again. At the prices these go for used there is no way you can do any better . Some of the early production runs had plastic nuts on the binding posts My pair came with metal nuts. By the way the Bat VK 200 is an excellent match for this speaker and several are on audiogon now at good prices.

Carl:
Contact me regarding available NHT 3.3's. BTW, Bryston would be a good match, along with the older Classe amps, i.e Classe 15 or 25.
Dave