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Small room amp and speakers recommendation

I have an area in allocated in my new house for a listen room that is approximately 7ft x 12ft x 10 ceilings....i know it's small, hut it's all mine away from the kids. I am look for advice/recommendations on an amp and speakers for that area. I want to keep the budget under $5k (the lower the better). I listen to a lot of vinyl and a majority or my preferred music is acoustic with some rock mixed in on occasion. Please let me know what you think and if you have an other questions on my desired set-up.
Thank you
weiky
glupson
7,842 posts
 
dwmaggie,

Could Magnepan LRS be positioned sufficiently far from each other in this room? They are almost 15 inch width each. If they are at any distance from the side walls, they may be really close to each other. Aside from that, I was quite surprised how good they sounded. In a bigger room, that is. I have not heard them in a small one.
gadios
94 posts
 
Ascent, Harbeth, 3/5s. Agree with gluppy re Maggies

Allocation of funds:
Speakers 40%
Cables & I/Cs 5%-used only
Subwoofer 5% -Used only
Room treatments 10%-Assumes DIY absorbing panels. 
20% integrated with decent DAC-Cambridge/Rogue
10% Tt
5% Dedicated power line
5% One good Recliner

Good luck !!
altx
7 posts
 
I run a Naim Atom with Totem Forest speakers in a small room and love it. That's over 5k, but Totem Rainmakers would get you there.
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tomic601
12,869 posts
 
NAIM Atom and Vandersteen 1ci and you have $ for wire and Tidal :-) nice analog input, Schitt Mani phono preamp and away you go !!!!
baltus
8 posts
 
I'm in the same situation, and I'm strongly consodering studio monitors; for instance Dynaudio LYD7 (or 8) or Focal Shape 65 (or Genelec or any other) who could be placed close to the wall, with a RME DAC as a pre. (The RME ADI-2 DAC Pro fs has analogue inputs) -  it has a 30 band EQ wich could cater for the worst dips in the room (I think).
I think it's easier than bying hi-fi speakers and trying to make them work in such a small space. 

Good luck - and please let us know how it works out for you.

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