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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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backwash OP
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I should have mentioned budget, up to around $4,000. Used is ok and possibly preferred. (more for your money) 

backwash OP
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Yes It will be a dedicated room. I do plan to try the Tylers. Just thinking ahead if I don't like the results. I also have a pair of Yamaha NS1000M from 1978. I bought those before I ever bought a car, and a pair of Boston Acoustics A400. I was just thinking a sexy pair of smaller floor standers should be in my future. Or not, I was just wondering what folks used in that sized room and loved. I don't really plan to change anything else. At least not for a while, thanks. 

backwash OP
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I do already own a SPL meter, and two sealed Rythmik F12 subs. Also own Some GIK bass traps and some side reflection panels + some home made bass traps that actually worked pretty well. I have no intentions to change my amp or DAC unless I just want to go for an upgrade at some point in the future. I am very happy with how my system sound in the current room. I am fairly sure I can tweak it into shape in the new room. I mostly was curious as to what people were happy with in a room that size just in case I wanted to try something different. Thanks, Allen. 

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