Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room?

X2 tim 

I have a pair of 6-1/2" 2-ways that fully energize a room, have excellent power response (uniform frequency response curve throughout the room), are linear to 29 Hz and audible to 26 Hz.

However, they’re no mini-monitors. They’re bipolars, with 6-1/2" woofers facing both front and back, and 1" titanium dome tweeters also facing front and back. The cabinets are 50" tall by 16’ wide by 8" deep and weigh 85 lbs. each. They are the late lamented Mirage M5si's, a product from around 1995. I bought mine on closeout in Oct. (Halloween, actually) 1996.

They have that transparency and purity of a 6-1/2" 2-way minimonitor with the fullness and power of the 85-lb. floorstanders that they are. They just manage to do it in a 2-way configuration. They’re so good at what they do, I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t become the new standard for simple yet effective floorstanders.

It is not the size of the wand but the skill of the magician.

How big was dumbledor's wand lol
.. Give me clean and accurate smooth and open. Subs are a dime a dozen..one of the great later addition so much in front imo

inna

Your question regarding the 8" woofer is perhaps more complicated the suggested. If you are talking about a two way speaker then it might be more advisable to find one that has a really involving midrange and nice smooth highs. If you have three drivers, a two and one half way or a three way you are more likely to find better tighter bass. Bass quality to me is far more important the the amount of bass, especially in a small room.