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Small speaker advice

Greetings and salutations fellow audiophiles!  Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this.  
     I am moving into an apartment for a year or so after living in a house with a dedicated listing room (divorce).  I’m looking to find a speaker to replace my ML Summit stats.  Not easy to replicate I know which is why I’m soliciting advice.  My max price range about 10k is give or take a few thousand. 
     Room is about 11’w X 12’d.  
I have a pair of Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grands I can also use but I need to upgrade their tweeters to get the best out of them.  So before I go that route and spend the $$ I’m considering selling them for something better suited to a room so small.  The Wilson Tune Dots are a contender. Never had a pair of Wilson’s. Love their sound and was thinking of inevitability replacing the Summits with them one day.  Head in a vice takes a toll after a while. 

My equipment consists of:

PS Audio BHK 250. Tube input stage with MOSFET output love its sound.
Krell KSA 2 preamp
My media choice is Vinyl and DSD.
I listen to classic rock, soul, jazz, electronic, and generally well recorded music.  No hard rock, rap, or otherwise. 

What I like is a speaker that can convey high detail with an open airy sound. Imaging is particularly important.  I’m fortunate enough to have the ability to hear higher frequency range with my 50 yr old ears (per my recent hearing test) 

Again thanks for sharing your experiences and advice!

rob606
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muzikat
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 I have a room that measures 11' X 12'

Audio Note ANK would work great in that room.

Also as said above a version of LS 3/5 would be good.

A sleeper brand is NSMT 15SE, really nice speaker.

Basically a sealed box design would work best

markmuse
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Plenty of good suggestions so far.

These might be a bit of a squeeze in a small room due to the necessary offset from the front wall, but the LRS+ are incredible speakers when paired with great electronics like you have. They are not as imposing as you might think.

Another, if they are still being made, are Anthony Gallo's Strada. It is a 2 way, dual mid drivers, and his amazing tweeter. They make a bookshelf/desktop type stand and floor stands for them. 

Both of these benefit from a subwoofer.

robshaw
242 posts
 

my secondary system room is similar in size. Rock and Roll only, mid to high 80's do 90 listening level. Add a sub (mine SVS SB3000) to a pair (save a lot of money) of FRITZ carbon 7SE. Wonderful sound!! 30 day return policy I believe? Fritz a great guy too.

audition__audio
1,433 posts
 

Many may disagree, but I feel that the most single important thing with a small speaker is that it have a sealed enclosure. Put up with a bit less efficiency for what I feel will be much better bass. This or course assuming all else is close to equal.

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audphile1
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@rob606 I have Wilson Sabrina in a 15x13 room and they sound huge. They replaced ML Montis. No regrets there.
Note - I had to add corner tri-trap bass traps by GIK to get the bass right. They’re awesome speakers - detailed, engaging and all but I honestly think they’re probably slightly too big for your room.
If you consider Tune Tots, that’s probably a good choice in that room. I would definitely add Focal Sopra 1 to the list of contenders. PS Audio is smooth sounding and will most likely compliment the Sopras well. Also leave some budget for room treatments no matter what speakers you end up with.

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