Cost no Object but Small Room

One more for the Merlins in a 12x16x10 room. But the room treatment is critical - especially if you literally will only have the rig and a chair LOL

The Room treatment ! please stop. It is the toe in angle the use of the zobels?sp networks for TSMs. VSM need to out from the walls. The likely hood of a non baffled room are small.

Wow...lots of suggestions and very much appreciated. Overall it seems all these speakers, some of which I am familiar with, you all are saying it would not dominate the room with some proper treatment...certainly hope so. perhaps I could just try my existing speakers to get a feel then think about a possible upgrade path.

On some of the recommendations
Merlins: heard a lot about them and do want to hear for myself but note sure they have any distribution where I live, which is Hong Kong
Evolution: same as above but even more so!
Wilson: familiar and simply put, not my cup of tea: I respect them but can;t fall in luv with them, though I do wish to try the Duettes given they can be placed close to the wall which would increase distance etc
Talon: perhaps and certainly worth investigating...but the PARC gets inserted btwn the pre and prw amps correct? If so I wonder what it means for my Dart 50 ohm Zeel connections....
Verity: Actually audtioned them today...at a dealership and it was the Parsfail..driven by Mcintosh solid state. Impressions: very neuiral, accurate, and delineated instruments incredibly, pin point location/imaging...but they lacked oompth, and they seem to not do instrumental colors, the body of sound as much as I like or search for...perhaps with the Darts this will all chg but food for thought anyway.
Auditorim: I do not these and will try to check them out
Wilson Benesch: on my list

In general, in small rooms, I would think rear ported speakers may something to avoid?

With the Thunderhawks the Sub-PARC gets inserted between the pre and the amp. The only thing in the circuit for the Hawk section is the active crossover--no parametric. This is NOT a PARC, but it does use the PARC circuit for the low frequency modes. Give us a call if you want to go into detail into how it works.

Why not custom build a loudspeaker to fit your room system budget and listening tastes? If you cant DIY your own I build custom loudspeakers and could help you out.