Monitor speakers - choices to narrowed down to...

Though they do not require anywhere near as much power as the Bryston provides you may want to consider the Reynaud Twins with a "good" set of 28" stands. They will provide planer like mids along with greater dynamics than the Maggies. Don't let the low retail price fool you as I found them comparable to the Silverline SR17's which are three times the price. I do also recommend the SR17's if they can be had used or @ a good discount. The Twin's are also tube friendly in the event that you ever wish to go this route. I have been running mine in a larger room with 7 watts per channel. With either speaker do not skimp on the stands though if you want to get the best out of them.

I'm a big fan of time and phase coherent speakers. The first time I heard a pair of speakers that were time and phase coherent was also the first time I thought that reproduced music sounded real. I would look for a pair of used Spica TC-50's or 60's. Also the small Thiel's and Vandersteen's. The Thiel 1.5's are also beautiful speakers to look at. Which never hurts. Good luck

My choice would be the Pro-Ac 1-SC's. I just sold a pair of B&W 802's and used a pair of Tablette's in the short term with a 15 inch Velodyne and I was so impressed with the sound that I bought a pair of Pro-Ac 1-SC's and use them with the Velodyne. What a system. I would only use Pro-Ac's with tube electronics and that's my two cents worth. Will

Agree with makersmark on the Thiel CS1.5 recommendation. I have the CS1.5 in a 16x18' room with cathedral ceilings. I had them in a much larger room that did nothing for their sound. In your room size, they sould be fantastic. There are two complaints often seen in threads regarding the Thiel line, 1.) Thiels are power hungry (1.5s are 84db/w/m) you have this solved, I am using a Bryston BP60R to power them. 2.) They are bright or forward, your pre will solve this! Other than that, absolutley fantastic!!! Should be a perfect match for your current needs.

I've owned most of the big name speakers at one time or another (Thiel, Magnepan, Avalon, Legacy, Spica and Proac. Although I enjoyed all of these different speakers, but none had ever made me think that I got the deal of the century in terms of sound per dollar, based on what I paid for them.

Recently I acquired a pair of AV Reality Avinci One speakers based solely on the fact that their drivers were something you usually see in $3500+ monitors , not $1000, which is what they cost.

To say that I am overwhelmed by this little speaker is putting it mild. They are very integrated, they image as good as anything that has come my way, they have a very smooooth treble, and they have the lowest bass I've ever heard from a monitor speaker bar none! Downsides? Their sensitivity is on the low side, requiring a bit of power to really rock. That's it, in my opinion.

The designer of this speaker company has quite an interesting background in that he was a driver designer for a large speaker driver company (I think possibly Vifa). He has some obvious insights into the "little things" that make first rate speaker drivers. Many of his speakers use modified versions of top of the line drivers from Vifa. (To me, it's like buying a seriously tweaked Ferrari directly from the head mechanic of the factory Ferrari race team.) His speakers are an unprecedented value in terms of drivers and crossover materials.

As an Electrical Engineer myself who has been deeply involved in high end audio for over twenty years, I still can't figure out how AV Reality can bring this level of speaker to market for $1000. The retail cost on the components alone is close to $800!

I strongly suggest that you consider this monitor before AV Reality gets wise, and realizes that they can charge 100% more for these speakers (and probably increase their sales too). It's funny (and unfortunate) how most audiophiles don't take a product seriously until it costs an arm and a leg, and has multi-thousand dollar ad campaign, (which of course, drives the product's price even higer).