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Just moved and have a smaller audio room 10.5 x 15

I just moved into a new home and my audio room is 10.5 feet wide by 15 feet long with a 7 foot opening behind the seating area thats at the other end of the 15 foot length.

I currently have Spendor SP1/2e with a PASS X250 amp and like it. But having sold my B&W 801's I have some extra money to try something different.

I'm looking at
Quad ESL -63
Magnepan mg1.6 (I owned and liked the 3.6)
Gallo Ref 3.1
Montana SP2 signature
Von Schwe VR4-jr
Usher BE-718
Vandersteen 2ce signatures (Owned the older 2ci and liked them)
Audio physics Virgo III (Owned them before and thought they had the best and smoothest top end of all my past speakers)

Listening is 90% clasic rock and blues (4 piece bands) no head bangin

Thanks for any thoughts or sugestions
fin1bxn
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drumsgreg
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Also take a look at the Eminent technology LFT-8b and the LFT-16 with a Rel sub. I have the LFT-8b, I like this speaker much better than the Maggies 1.6`s I had, will sound great in that room. I have mine in a 20 L x 12.5 w x 8 H room.
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mapman
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From the list you provide, I'd be interested in the Gallo's most off the cuff.

Monitors (with sub added later if needed) is another good way to go. I like Dynaudio or Triangle monitors and REL subs best.

Smaller omnis can also work well and are often less sensitive to placement within a room. For these, consider an in-home trial of a pair of OHM Micro Walsh Talls or 100 Series 3 (www.ohmspeakers.com).

I have a pair of OHM 100 series 3 in one 12X12 listening room and I am listening to a pair of more conventional yet lovely Dynaudio Contour 1.3 mkIIs in another 12X12 room as I write.
tpsonic
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Gallos-just my vote.
fpeel
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My room is the same as Finlbxn describes down to the open space behind the listening position. A pair of Merlin TSMs with a REL sub setup on the short wall (out of necessity) are working very well in this space. The Merlins by themselves sound great; the REL just makes everything that much better.
branislav
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Gallo's...they have big sweet spot and you can sit closer to them than with most of the speakers out there...
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