Merlin VSM

Consider small stand monitors of high quality with powered stereo subs. You get great soundstaging, clarity, pinpoint imaging and deep powerful bass. I have full range speakers with subs. It is amazing how much better the full range speakers sound, freed from the reproduction of bass. Were I to start from scratch, I would go with stand-mounted monitors with subs driven by a less powerful, class A amp.

I had my VSM-MM's in a 13x22 and it was great,just right.Now I am in a much bigger room and they dont fill it nearly as good,but to be expected for their size.I feel you will be in a good place size wise.I used a few amps and even a little Rega Luna was OK there,good luck,Bob

Any of the Merlin VSMs will provide a heckuva lot more bass extension than your Kef monitors - whether that's enough to satisfy you, who knows?. IME, the VSMs will be -3 db somewhere around 35hz in most rooms of your size. The more recent versions of this speaker tend to be voiced a bit fuller through the mid/upper bass than earlier versions.

Hifiman's suggestion of subs and sats may provide more "thump" down low - which may prove satisfying on rock music, in particular. If you opt for multiple subs and/or EQ, you'll also probably be able to get flatter in-room response below 100hz than you can with the Merlins. But the VSMs certainly have their own charms - great speakers.

good luck

Marty

I have my Merlins in the same size room. I have tried many speakers and for my taste they are among the best speakers made, period. I listen mainly to jazz and acoustic folk/rock and the bass seems plenty deep for me. For full Symphonic they can't recreate the sense of scale of a symphonic hall, pretty tough to do without some large bass drivers to create that subsonic energy - but for most applications, I think you cannot go wrong with Merlins, especially if you use tube amps.