12’ x 16’ x 8’ is not really that small a room & with proper set up & treatment your Tylers would probably work fine..The question is do you really want to deal with a pair of 185 pound speakers in it or not..
A 3 way floorstander from Sonus Faber,ProAc,Dynaudio or Dali would be a good direction,as would larger stand mounts from the same manufacturers & you could add Fritz Carbon 7 SE MK.II’s to that list..
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.