Monitors for a small room - please help


I've begun the difficult task of finding a new set of speakers and an amp for my now-smaller listening room. I prefer smooth, warm, musical speakers over a dry, analytical sound. Detail is always good, but I don't like detail that sounds forced or unnatural. Musicality is important, and so is timbre and musical texture.

So given those facts, what pair of monitors can you suggest that will fit my tastes and a small listening room?

Thanks
jwglista
I am using a YBA YA-201 Integrated and Vienna Haydn Grands in a small room, and I very happy with the combination. I am also very pleased with the Vienna Bach Grands, a small floor stander, in a small room.
I will ask you one more time to please consider the Caravelles from Star Sound Technology.

Here's a pre-review: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/starsound/caravelle.html

The reason I'm suggesting these speakers is that they're $5000.00 new and now selling in the Audiogon ad for only $1900.00.

I use them myself in a small room like yours, so I know that they'll work extremely well for you. I've compared these to the Harbeth SHL5, Dynaudio C1 and Focal Utopia BE and chose these.

I've used these with a Musical Fidelity A308cr amp, Herron M1 amp, Karan KA I-180 integrated amp, Burmester 036 amp and now my Spectron Musiciam III amp. These speakers work well with all of these.

If you buy a speaker of this quality right now at the steal of a price, chances are it will work very well with your current set up. Later down the line you can upgrade and add an integrated, and have yourself a really great sounding system.

Chuck
Drdennis: The toys are tempting, but I have a feeling they would be very shy in the bass area. I'm not expecting to get a thunderous amount of bass from any monitors, but I think those might be a little too bass-shy for me. Other than that, I'm sure they sound great. From what I've read about Sonus Faber, they are outstanding speakers.

Jl35: I will check out the Haydns. I've heard good things about them.

Krell_man: I appreciate your suggestion and have no doubt that they are fantastic speakers for a fantastic price, but I have to keep my budget around $2000 for amp and speakers. I know that will limit me quite a bit, but I have obligations coming up next year that I will need money for, so I have to keep sane here and stick to my budget. I really would like to hear those Caravelles though...
I have Dynaudio Excite X12s (driven by a Naim Nait 5i) in a larger room and like them very much. Definitely smooth and detailed, on the warm side of neutral, with excellent, well-defined bass. They're also pretty easy to drive. On proper stands (mine are on a console), in a smaller room, 18-24 inches out from the wall, I think they'd be even better. Good reviews in Stereophile and Good Sound.
Lots of great recommendations here.

Drawing from direct experience and available listings within your budget...

The Naim NAIT 5 (with [better] or without Flatcap) and Totem Arro in a small room (mine was 10x13) is sublime.

Good luck!