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I have a small room with Revel f208 in them. The speaker seem too big for the room and I have an offer of 2 Grand to sell them. Does anyone have experience with small room speakers that would be equal to or better than the Revel f208 at that price point? Or, at that sale price, just keep until I have a larger room.
( I also currently have some old acoustic energy Aegis 3 Towers that I could use in the small room until I figure out how to improve the system) Thanks. 
The other sources are solid-state integrated and streaming plus computer server.
128x128labguy
fixedincome
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Might I suggest DSPeaker Dual Core 2.0?  It can be had for $849 delivered and it tamed my room.  Works with any speaker/room combination or so I've been told.  Mine is in the chain between the digital front end and the splitter for bi-amping.  My room is 20' wide X 25' deep with cathedral ceilings.  My speakers are Emerald Physics open baffle with nothing behind them (no rear wall).  The sound and sound stage depth and width are excellent!

yyzsantabarbara
4,883 posts
 
@labguy If you can swing the panels (the low cost ones I have are not very attractive) they make a world of difference. Prior to the acoustic treatments, I used to try and play the Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream in my room and it was physically painful. After the treatments I could play that disk rather loud without issues. The sound was also cleaned up in all the best possible ways.

I was actually suggesting the Anthem STR preamp and not the integrated. However, I now see you are using an integrated. 

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dweller
3,786 posts
 
Suggestions: 1. Stuff some socks into the ports to reduce bass. 2. As these speakers are bi-wire, remove the wires for the bass speakers and just use the mid-tweet. 3. Bi-amp with a nice integrated (like new Parasound) on the woofers. Doing this lets you trim/boost bass at your discretion (it's good to be the King). 4. Trade them in for some B&W 805 two-way stand mounts with a small subwoofer (B&W DB3D). Just don't accept a huge loss on your investment.
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gosta
839 posts
 
Maybe you can exchange them for the f206? The bass from the f208 is in my opinion their weak point. As with most stand-amounts that tries to play full-range with small woofers. The Spendor D7 gets a lot of praise on the Audiogon.
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labguy OP
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Thanks for the suggestions. I paid about 2,800 for the speakers 6 months ago.  I'm getting offered 2250, so it's not a huge loss but even if I sold everything off that I owned and started from scratch I'm not sure that I could got a better system for only three or four grand.
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