Cost no Object but Small Room

Talon Thunderhawks with the Rives Audio Sub-PARC for each. Similar driver component to the Coltrans that Mike Lavigne mentioned (excellent speaker), except the bass is 2 8 inch drivers and it has the ability to be actively crossed over. Using the Rives Sub-PARC you can crossover the bass, parametrically EQ, and it has a digital amp built in. This speaker was specifically designed to give big convincing sound in smaller, or less than acoustically friendly spaces. We design rooms all the time, and have probably run into just about every issue imaginable--thus the Thunderhawk was developed with room acoustics (particularly small rooms) in mind. The Thunderhawk retails at $25,000, a pair of Sub-PARCs is $9,000.

Of course, as a disclaimer, Rives Audio manufacturers the sub-PARC and owns Talon Loudspeakers. Thus, while we certainly have a biased opinion, your situation is the poster child for why we designed this combination.

With the Thunderhawks the Sub-PARC gets inserted between the pre and the amp. The only thing in the circuit for the Hawk section is the active crossover--no parametric. This is NOT a PARC, but it does use the PARC circuit for the low frequency modes. Give us a call if you want to go into detail into how it works.

We did a room set up at RMAF with a pair of Talon Hawks and a Thunderbird subwoofer. The key was the integration with the Rives sub-PARC. The room received a Positive Feedback Oasis award for great sound. I'm more than a little particular about sound quality and I am usually disappointed with sound at shows, even when I can treat the room, we are still so constrained. This was truly and amazing sound and the room was just a little larger than yours, 13 x 19 roughly.

Here's the report from RMAF.

We have had interest from the previous dealer in Hong Kong. Unfortunately the prior ownership of Talon did not deliver product on a timely fashion to them, thus I believe they may be a bit gun shy and just waiting to see how things go with us. I can't say I blame them given what I discovered about their history with Talon prior to our acquisition. I am hopeful they give us a chance as I think they will value the integrity of Rives Audio behind the company.