Looking for a narrow baffle small footprint speaker


Title says it all.  High end for a living room - budget under $25k.  Do not really want bookshelf so exploring my options here. 

aj523

@aj523 

I own both the Abscisse Jubilee and the Bliss Jubilee.  As you go up the line from the Cantabiles you go from the soft dome tweeter which is in the Bliss, Eutrope and Cantabile to the AMT tweeter.  You also go to taller cabinets with larger drivers and better bass response.  The change in tweeter takes to me the sound from the old school Reynaud sound to a more detailed and neutral presentation.  Nothing wrong in either and I enjoy both but you may favor one over the other.  I have a friend who has owned both the Abscisse Jubilee and the Voce Grande and he preferred the VG which I haven't heard.  He did admit that to him the VG had slightly less bass weight but better imaging. I've owned six pairs of Reynaud's over the last 20+ years. 

I have not listened to JMR's up the line from Cantabiles.  I do, however, have the smaller standmount Bliss Silvers.

Do you want narrow baffle or narrow width? Assuming the latter, you get great sound out of the Spendor A1's.

Height 308mm (12.1 in.)
Width 165mm (6.5 in.)
Depth 186mm (7.3 in.)

You can mount them on stands so that you are not labeled as having bookshelf speakers. 😉

Just amazing sound. Both accurate and an endless pleasure.

I second the recommendation to  try to listen to the Boenicke W8 series of soeakers. I recently purchased the W8SE's. I think the SE's are the sweet spot in their three tiers for each model.  They are small floorstanders and are pretty fabulous. They excel with vocals/mid range instumentals and have a very clean top end without sounding brittle. I'd say their low end is nice and tight but if there is one area they could use a bit of help it's there. I have a sub to fill out that need and I could not be more pleased (except a new dac with decent interconnects could maybe please me a bit more). And they produce an astonishing soundstage, which never ceases to amaze me given their small footprint. Basically they sound and look beautiful. Note they are supposed to be  fairly current hungry and I've got them hooked up to a Hegel H390 which was on sale due to the incoming H400 which replaces it and was a deal too good to pass on. The Boenicke's are an exceptional bit of audio gear. Highly recommended. Enjoy all the demos and good luck with your search.