Smallish room speakers


I have a small room (12 by 14feet) dedicated to 2 or 2.1 channel sound.  I went through a few vintage configs but finally went with an NAD M22 amp with a McIntosh vintage preamp using some vintage speakers.  I was looking to upgrade speakers and I visited a great shop in Bensalem PA to audition some vintage speakers on sale and owner showed me KEF LS50s.  I bought them on the spot (had to wait a week for them to be ordered).  I added a compact sub SVS.  I really enjoyed this setup but after reading about Tekton I contacted company and spoke with owner Eric - was told impact monitors would be a significant upgrade over what I was using.  I bought them and I would disagree.  There is something quite special about the LS50s.  In my home theater I have Pioneer S 2EX monitors (6K$).  I swapped them in for my KEFs and was disappointed and they went back into my HT.  Tektons pretty much same.  I decided to simplify things and bought the NAD M33 integrated with room correction EQ.  Brought Tektons somewhat to life.  This was very recent and I haven’t tried with the KEFs.  I plan on auditioning the KEF Reference 1 which I’m told would be significant upgrade to my LS50s and I would imagine to the Tekton Compact Monitors.  For some reason the KEFs put a smile on my face and I don’t get that with the Tektons.  
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Warfdale 4.1 are very nice speakers for small rooms. Get some cheap stands from Monoprice. They are great for abuot $150. If you ar up to building a pair, CSS Audio P215 speakers are very good. About $600 built. Easy job. Glue wood, solder crossover which is foolproof. For more money you can get the enhanced crossover parts. Surprisingly good. I have built three sets of their speakers and all have been very to my taste. If you can handle it, for not much more the Criton X will give you more bass with a seven inch woofer. I selected these after testing a dozen smal speakers in the last two years.