Can a small speaker sound really really good?


Hi everyone,

So I spent a ton of my spare time making a really good sounding mini speaker because there were no great sounding small speakers I can buy. However, I got really into it because it was amazing to see just how good a small speaker can sound when serious efforts are put into achieving as many proper speaker design principles and good speaker performance criteria. Having no budget concerns also really helped.

My speaker is 5" x 13" x 5'' (WHD), and it is a 3 way design using very high quality drivers from Scan-Speak. It has a properly designed time aligned, linear phase tri-amped active crossover. The speaker is very small, but it has real bass extension to 45Hz, outdoors!  

I'm wondering, would anyone be interested in listening to my speakers and tell me a no sugarcoating answer of what they think about my speaker and how it compares to high end speakers you've experienced? My goal is to design a mini speaker that sounds just as good, if not better than normal sized speakers, and every criticism helps improve the next speaker I'm in Mid City Los Angeles, and I'd welcome anyone interested to have a listening session in my home, or bring this speaker to your home. I'm new to Los Angeles, and I'd love to meet some fellow audiophiles here.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
boostb
Here's one that works amazingly good in a small room using a 3" titanium driver in a transmission line design. No crossover and completely disappears with a 3D image.

This speaker's sound is very open, sweet and dynamic with a real natural tone to the music. The speaker produces a full bodied three dimensional image that fills the room. The music sounds great no matter where you are seated in the room

I heard this one installed in a bedroom with all Wyetech SET amplification

OK for those complainers add a sub-woofer.

http://www.acoustictechnologiesllc.com/

Cheers
Roger
Can we begin this discussion with a definition of terms?

How do you define small?

<ELAC dealer disclaimer>
The Elac UB5 is a compact, 3-way speaker system that blows my mind every time I'm listening to them.  So, yeah a small speaker can sound incredible.  And, they only cost $500/pr!  :-)
-Brian
Herndon Audio