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new small room, big change

I recently moved and had to go from a relatively large 15 x 14 room with 9' ceiling to a 8 x 16 room with a 7 foot ceiling. To compound issues more the room has a tile floor (at some point the room was converted from a porch into an extension of the main house) and the walls are wood.

In any event, having had Spendor S8e speakers for 3 years now....I thought I knew them! It became quite clear that they will not work in such a small space. Fortunately I have the smaller S3e speakers on hand and I put these little bookshelf speakers in place. What a huge difference! Now I am seeing how bookshelf speakers have a true place in life for all types of music...it's the room that dictates speaker size and not the music.

Therefore I am arriving at my question: What bookshelf speakers are one tier up with a woofer no greater than 6"? I am looking to spend no more than $5k on the used market and would be greatly interested to hear what is out their at this price point. Some thoughts are Verity, Ecalante (Pinion) and ???

Let me hear from you small room bound goners...

Thanks
chadlesko
xti16
1,525 posts
 
Dynaudio Confidence C1's (approx $4k used 7.5k new).

Sonus faber Creamora auditor or the new 'M' series. A little laid back for my taste but a great sound. Should be around 3.5 to 5k used.

With either speaker I do recommend the factory stands - you may want to consider a sub too.
acadie
54 posts
 
If you like Spendor, why not check out Harbeth speakers. I am sure they would work great in a smaller room.
undertow
1,033 posts
 
I have found that any room 12 ft wide or less is too small in width for any serious floorstanding speaker for sureĀ… Bookshelfs sound as big as the floorstanders and much better in most cases with this situation going on, including even bass is rather satisfying in a thin room with a smaller speaker for sure. Other than that others can help you further, but your on the right track with a 8 ft wide room for sure :-)
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