Looking for non-boomy full range speakers

gershman acoustics avant garde rx-20! they go down to 24 Hz and can be had for around $2500-$2800 on the used market. i own a pair and they are far and away the best speaker i've ever heard / owned. they can be tight and powerful yet refined and delicate. a true gem and a real sleeper.

Beheme,

As some of the above post indicate, the biggest problem is your room size and the not speakers. My room is slightly bigger than yours 12 x 15 feet. I have the Hyperion 938s that may be the answer to what you're looking for, but it took some time to fix the room issues. Now I'm satisfied. It will require some sort of bass traps (thick couches or audiphile bass traps and some sort of tweaking to the speakers with proper isolation footers, etc). The Hyperions have very quick bass to begin with so my work was made easier. I would try to stay away from most tube equipment as the tube bass will exarbate this problem. I know some will say some tube equipment do not have this problem, but every single tube equipment I have ever heard have had a characteristic tube bass sound, some less than others, but to my ears always present. Also consider the VS VR4jrs, not exactly to my taste but many seem to like their sound especially the bass.

"I have a small room (11*13) and want a full range yet "light sounding" speaker, floorstanding if possible."

Were you suggesting the Magneplanars as wallpaper Eldartford or as pseudo Stax headphones? :)

I vote sub for practicality and effectiveness BUT....

Here's a trick, remove the Yara's passive crossover and put in an active one. BSS, DEQX, whatever pleases you.

That way you could equalize the bass down into the high 20's since the speaker will not need to play that loud in such a small room. If the speaker is ported plug the port to avoid over excursion.

Cabin Gain in your room kicks in about 44 hz in that room so it will take minimal EQ to get the bass extended into the 20's. You room is likely +9 to 10dB at 20 hz and a speaker like the Yara could get to the low 20's (just not very loudly).

My Minimalistic system was flat to 30 hz in room and I could eq the spectral balance a little to compensate for the lack of wall treatments. The system was very very good, your Yara's have the same potential.

Cinematic_systems..I get your point. Just the same, there are some small Maggies...even wall mounts. Also, I have messed around with near-field listening to Maggies. Try it sometime and you might be interested, even if not delighted. One thing I remember is sitting directly in between two Maggies, listening to them EDGE-ON. Sounds exaxtly like headphones...I don't know why. One would think they would have to be facing the ears.

Just pulling your chain El D'