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Very Small Desktop Speakers

Can anyone give me advice on small to very small speakers that could sit on a desktop? I have moved to a new open office situation where I have walls but no ceiling so my old Plinius 8200 and B&W 805 speakers are just too instrusive to some the others around me. My source would be my Apple powerbook or maybe a small CD player. Let's face it, sound quality is not the most important issue but size is. I was thinking of a Sophia "Baby" amp or something equivalently small--so speaker efficiency is also a consideration.
thanks for the tips in advance.
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james1969
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Acoustic Enerty AEGO speakers sound really nice for tiny speakers. Very smooth and unfatiguing from what I remember. I saw them in Sound By Singer several years ago setup with a Loewe Aconda TV up front. I wasn't looking at the TV or the speakers, but the sound made me stop and pause for a moment on my way out. I made a mental note "for tiny speakers, those things are incredible." I think they got rave reviews when they first appeared.

http://www.acoustic-energy.co.uk/products/p5mk2/aegop5mk2.html
prpixel
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I owned a pair of the Swans. They don't really require a sub, but they are pretty big. The wife said that they took up too much desk space so I moved on.
panderso
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I'm very happy with my Paradigm Mites (not to be confused with Totem Mites) on my office desk, less than a metre from each ear. Cost me about $300 Cdn new, should come in around $200 Usd. If I didn't have them, I'd be pulled strongly to the Epos ELS 3s for just a little more money.

As for Budrew's musings; no offence, but I'd consider it a sacrilege to put Dulcet's on a desk top, but hey, however you like to burn your money...Dulcets are fabulous main speakers on good stands in a smallish room...
distortion
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Here's two desktop setups that are intresting.

Alesis Proactive 5.1 is cheap and sounds pretty good too.

Genelec 8030a is about 4 times more expensive but sounds awesome.
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I will chime in with the DynAudio Audience 42. Not exactly cheep ($766.00 in Cherry) but execelent for the application I use mine at work with the Denon UD-M31 receiver.
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