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HELP with Speakers for a 11 ft X 12 ft room???

I just moved and unfortunately the size of my room shrank!! I am in a 12' 3" by 11' 6" room with 7 1/2 foot ceilings. Speakers are along the shorter 11 foot wall. I have 2 ASC 16" diameter tube traps in my corners and 2 16" traps between the speakers. My current rig consists of Piega P-8-LTD speakers, Accuphase DP-75v cd player and an Accuphase A-50v amp. I am not sure if a smaller monitor speaker would be a better fit for this room?? It seems like I am not getting the soundstaging / imaging and depth that I was accustomed to - ALSO my ears hurt now when listening at loud levels!!
I like to listen to mostly mainstream rock - classic rock and female vocal recordings. I like to listen at fairly loud levels as well. Am I loosing my mind OR should I try a smaller speaker design?? - I was thinking of Totem Mani-2's, B&W Nautilus 805's OR Dynaudio 1.3's.

Thanks for any help or input!

Chris
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gunbei
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Hmmm, interesting theory Robm321, I've never heard this.

I'm lucky in a way though. Although my room is only 12 x 14 with tons of stuff crammed in there, I have two large open areas behind each speaker. A water closet is behind the left speaker and an open walk-in closet and entry is behind the other.

A week ago I changed to larger floorstanding ProAc Response 2.5s and even they sound great in my acoustically challenged room.

Let us know how the diagonal set up compares to placing them along one of the walls. I'd be curious about your findings.
gunbei
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I have a 12 x 14 foot room with 8 foot ceilings, and TONS of crap along the walls and scattered throughout, so the effective space may be much smaller.

I've had great success with ProAc Tablette 50 Signatures and ProAc 1SC monitors. Huge soundstage with beautiful female vocals and very nice acoustic instruments. With a sub they can even rock, HARD.

If your ears hurt I have to ask, "how loud are you listening?" I crank it up pretty high, but my ears can survive up to six hours of music.

What are the characteristics of the Piegas? Have you compared them to other speakers in your room?
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