Recommendations for speakers in a much smaller listening room.


My wife and I are in the process of buying and moving to a new patio home. We are both pretty excited about it. The only issue is I will have a much smaller listening room. I currently have a room that is 14.5 x 38, basically one half of the basement. The new room will be 12 x 16 with 8' ceilings.(taller than pervious room at 6'8") The question is what is a good speaker for that size room that will not overload the room. I like sound stage, imaging and listenability over analytical and highly detailed. My current speakers are Tyler acoustics Woodmere II and are giant towers. I do some vinyl on a vintage Panasonic DD TT with Ortofon MC1 cart. Mostly streaming with a Lumin T2, Oppo Digital 105 for disks with a Modwright KWH 225i. Thanks for any suggestions, Allen. 

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Showing 1 response by asvjerry

@backwash .... I’ll try some lane-splitting from by mcycle daze (legal in CA, not so much elsewhere) and advise within your budget.... ;)

Try the existing Tyler’s in the new space and let your ears get used to it.
Didn’t notice a mention of which wall is ’stage’ v behind, so start with the basic layouts.  No mention of the floor type or surface; if ’vanilla’ (hard, no carpet) get some sliders to nudge the towers about.
Since you’ve existing traps and such, give ’em a go and mess about with the spl meter and ears.  The price so far is just labor and listening....👍

@mapman suggested DSP, of which I’ve applied in ghastly spaces to decent results with the less than stellar sort of gear.  You’ve a leg up if you’ve a ’puter in the closet that can be uploaded with some of the freeware DSP or the Parts Express ware and mic.  A calibrated mic with a tripod beats having the spouse tolerating standing about getting tortured  with test tones... ;)
The above will help in dialing your subs, which a pair could easily load the room beyond rationality.....
Buy a nice carpet and a backing for it.  Assuming you’ve already have some suitable seating; perhaps the carpet as well.

If up for surround, match the tall Tylers with a smaller pair later when the muse moves you there....

Any new space should be an adventure and an opportunity to dig out the ’faves’ for a revisit to what sounded  great before.  Y’all are going to stay put for awhile, so rushing into the process can dissolve into a unnecessary PIA.

Enjoy yourselves....pour some wine or whatever floats the boat for the 2 of you.
It’s supposed to be fun, so have some. 👍😎 

Happy trials, J
( PS: I’ve got similar in my future and that’s my approach in the nutshell... ;) )