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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
rfarassat
17 posts
 

Lots of great recommendations for speakers from others, so I won't recommend speakers. I also have a small listening room, and my room is even smaller than yours and it is both my office and 2-channel music listening room. I went through a number of speakers and integrated amplifiers and settled on Focal Supra N°1 speakers on Focal stands, paired with Naim Uniti Nova integrated amp/streamer. What made the room & my setup come alive was when I added acoustic panels and reduced a lot of reflections. I feel it is easier to get by without adding anything, except maybe some carpets to reduce sound reflection in a large room, but with a small room the sound I was getting was far from ideal due to all the reflections. Getting decent (and still nice looking) acoustic panels in the past used to very costly, but these days you can fairly good acoustic panels for a good price and they look good as well. You can also do some simple sound measurement once you decide and buy your speakers and see if you need acoustic panels or not before buying them. 

vthokie83
854 posts
 

Have to agree with the Clayton Shaw Caladans, being open baffle they need more room. I had them in a small room for a month or so, but really started to shine in a larger space.....and soften up. Otherwise I LOVE my Caladans.

++1 Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphenes, hard to find used (especially at $5,000.....but worth it if you do

bassdude
495 posts
 

The best there is:  ELS 57 - the reference:

1.  Magnepan LRS+   (None better with right set up - essentially an ESL 57)

2.  Harbeth 30.1 / 30.2   (again - superb with the right set up - ESL 57 like)

3.  Clayton Shaw Caladan's   

All above best with jazz, classical, country - all things acoustic! 

yyzsantabarbara
4,817 posts
 

The LRS+ is pretty good and maybe the most interesting listen of anything listed. Only issue I have with it is the detail is not as good as something like a KEF LS50 Meta. However, the sonic presentation of the LRS+ is amazing, a wide and deep soundstage.

I sold the LRS+ to get the Magnepan Mini for a even smaller room than I had before with the LRS+. I needed power for both speakers and had great success with the Sanders Magtech amp. The Mini has better detail and a smoother sound. It is supposed to be a miniaturized Magnepan 3.7.

See my Virtual System for Office and Office 2 to see both the LRS+ and Mini.

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