Speaker for low volume listening with high WAF


It's that time of life when the large home is no longer needed and a New Orleans French Quarter condo is more exciting. So I'll be saying good-bye to my Wilson watt puppy 7's, wonderful "Big Mac" MC2000 (get the tubes right and this amp is incredible), Hovland HP100, Dodson DAC, Sony SCD-1, Lector CDP 7TL and mucho other stuff I spent years perfecting with tube rolling. Now I'm looking for a very good speaker system that will complement a Luxman L-590AII integrated amp along with a single box cd player. I don't particularly like speakers that are overly warm but prefer accuracy, clarity, wide soundstaging and musical dynamics which the watt pup 7's serves up with the right equipment. I would be interested in hearing from others who live in smaller spaces and share a similar musical taste and bought speakers that mirror my musical taste. Prior to the watt pups (I've owned the 6 & 7's) I had ML Prodigy and Quad ESL 63 stats (fast & transparent but low WAF).
rickjames

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I'd go with something that has inherent design sacrifices in those aspects that you no longer require (high SPL's, big dynamics, large room bass) in exchange for excellence in the qualities you can still fully enjoy: detail, transparency, microdynamics, musicality.. .. for example, high-sensitivity, full range single drivers in a unique and beautiful cabinet, such as Cain & Cain.

Also Audionote.. unfortunately a traditional & large box monitor that must be mounted a stand doesn't pass WAF in my house.