Another vote for the Harbeth P3esr. Had the M30.2 and loved it but they are around 5k$. The Harbeth P3esr is the best value for the price IMHO . And you need to leave room for good stands. The Ton Trager are second to none to match Harbeth if you can find them second hand. Another option to explore is the Dynaudio special 40. An excellent well balanced speaker. Good luck and keep us posted.
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.