Full range sound for little room

Small room: 7.5' x 10' x 8'
Quarter round bass traps in the corners of speaker wall were essential. Echo busters or MGD room tunes in ceiling/wall corners were also helpful. I use Moth Audio Cicada single driver floor standers (60Hz lower limit so they are like monitors) with a Janis W3 sub that has phase as well as volume control. -- I've measured the response with a one third octave analyzer and though I understand what has been said about the room being too small, it measures (and sounds) like I have low frequency energy down to 20Hz. I used a digital one third octave graphic EQ as well. Just purchased a Tact RCS on Agon to do digital room correction of phase as well as amplitude. Send me an email and I'll let you know what happens when I get it. Cheers

The Gershamn Acoustic Avant Garde RX 20's will give you a great sound in a small room without the need for any sub. It stands 39 inches high with a 12 inch footprint - finish is first rate in piano black or burgundy. Adjustable treble control helps if needed. Check out the website and audioreview.com If interested I can tell you where to get a discount - I am not a dealer.

Vlad, you haven't told us the dimensions of your room. Size does matter :)

What's small to some, may be large to others.

I'm in a pretty small room (11'X13') and am having very good success with (are you ready for this?)...Magnepan 1.6/QRs!

I've only had them for about a month, so I'm still working on "fine-tuning" the system. I do have some of the problems that Audiokinesis mentions, ie resonant modes (midbass emphasis), but nothing more than any of the other speakers that I've tried (Aerial Model 5s, Hales Concept 2s).

I've got them on the short wall approximatey 6 1/2 feet apart and 2 1/2 feet from the front wall. They're about 1 1/2 feet from the side walls. I sit about 7 feet away from them and the sound is incredible.

They could probably benefit from a larger room but, IMHO, there's not much compromise sonically in the small room. Best of all - if and when I'm able to move them into a larger room (right now the living room is a "playroom" - we've got a 3 year old and 1 year old twins!) I won't need to buy new speakers. They're flexible enough to work in virtually any size room.

Big does not necessarily equal incompatible. Conversely, small does not necessarily indicate compatibility. Most small speakers are tuned to emphasize the midbass to begin with and most are also ported to the rear. This combination can be most frustrating.

My .02

Good luck.

Several years ago I had Vandersteen 2Ce speakers in a 12 X 14 room-- bad choice overall. But I will say that the 2Ces did sound quite good if volume was kept at low to low-moderate levels. Of course I had no low bass, and the room was easily overloaded if volume was too high.

If I had to do it again, I'd follow the approach that Gunbei (above) used. Cheers. Craig

Monitors, in nearfield, and a subwoofer.