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New room needs new speakers, I need your help

Hello everyone!

I have a new house and a new acoustically treated room, but it is very small: we are talking roughly 12' by 16'.

I use a pair of Dali Euphonia MS4 and I feel they need a bigger room to shine, the volume I need for them to sound full is just too much for my modest room. I really enjoy accurate timbres and I need a beautiful midrange and midbass, I listen mostly to women vocals and jazz.

I am looking for a pair of speakers that will cost me a maximum of 5K on the used market.

I am very sensitive to fatiguing treble, I don't look for absolute treble clarity, I love an easy listening speaker.

My ideal speaker would be the PMC IB2SE which I auditioned extensively, but sadly it is out of my budget.

 

I am open to your suggestions!

 

Rest of the system is


Sony Ps-X9 turntable on a  Sutherland Phono

Analogue Audio Maestron Anniversary integrated amplifier

Lampizator DAC

Wattson Digital Streamer

Muon Filter

Silent Angel switch

All Luna Mauve Cables

Everything but the amplifier pluggeg in Plixir

 

maurice89
kennyc
1,472 posts
 

Clayton Shaw Caladan discussed here

kennyc
1,472 posts
 

became quickly congested with orchestral music

Orchestral? Seems you’d need a full range speaker for that.

GokdenEar Triton. Great top to bottom, images well.  

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ericba
33 posts
 

Another vote for Harbeth. My room dimensions are similar. The 30.2 XD (in my case 40th anniversary) are fantastic. Easy listening , outstanding for vocals . Much bettethan the HL5+ XD for vocals and soundstage IMHO. You need to plan a budget for stands however. I have tried different stands with the Harbeth the best by far are the Ton Trager. More expensive but they make the Harbeths sing because of the cabinet resonance configuration . All in all that should fit in your budget if you get used. Pulsars (graphene) be another option to explore but more expensive. Keep us posted!

markmuse
285 posts
 

With your preferences I would avoid the Clayton Shaw Caladans. They are rather hot in the presence region (upper mid to lower treble).

Fyne F1-8 are a standmount speaker with an adjustable presence control. You might find they meet your needs. Very expensive new, but I know where you can get a beautiful used pair within your budget.

Also, the QLN suggestion someone else made is a good one if you can find them used.

macg19
911 posts
 

I wouldn’t write off Harbeth based on their limitations with music you dont listen to.

I own 40.3 XDs and had the opportunity to compare them with 30.2 XDs paired with 2 REL subs while they were up for sale.

They really held their own in a big room. They don’t rock out and they don’t do classical well (at least not loud) but Jazz, vocals, blues, well recorded music like Dire Straits (self titled) - very nice and not at all fatiguing.

Not the only game in town though…good luck.

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