Best speakers for small listening room

I think cornfedboy had a great point. The most important (and expensive) part of your system is the room you're in. Clap your hands and you may hear a loud harsh flutter echo. This is something you'll need to address with any speaker. If you don't have carpeting, get it. Experiment with different room placement. A standing wave only affects distinct locations in the room (thus the name). These can also be reduced in amplitude with sound absorbing material. Sofas can soak up bass, not necessarily a bad thing in a small room. Bookshelves can help break up flutter echoes. There are a number of companies that sell room treatments.

B&W CDM-1 the current model is the CDM-1-NT

Hammy,
My small office is carpeted, has an upholstered and padded wall behind the system, bookshelves and two upholstered chairs. I just wondered whether better-quality, small speakers would make more sense than the Matrix 803's.
Thanks for all of the input. Joel

I was trying to be responsive. If you like the sound of the B&W's and you dont think they are bass-heavy in your small room, I'd leave well enough alone. If you are unhappy with the B&W's because (1) too much bass or (2) cant get them to image correctly with the amount of room in the room, then surely a smaller speaker would be better for the size of your room. I would think you might have both problems - not a lot of room to work with. But be careful with little speakers that boost the mid to upper bass.

Paulwp . . . thanks for the input. I do like to B&W's and don't have any experience with other speakers in my small area to compare. I'd just like the bass to be "tighter". I've played with the setup and have the back of the speaker about 18" away from the back wall. Since it is an office, I don't have much flexibility. I don't really understand the "standing wave" thing. Joel