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Tiny speakers... unfortunate choices i must make.

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Posted by newbflat on April 18, 2011 at 22:38:12

So it has been some time since i have posted here. Nice to be back.

Yes.. this is another "help me chose speakers" post..... But this is a tricky one!

I having moved from a house with a large dedicated listening room to a 650 square foot houseboat with a small living room, dining room, kitchen listening space all in one. Im having to rethink everything and its not an easy task.

This is the problem... My Meadowlark Shearwater hot rods will not fit, not at all . There just way to big.. So they have gone.... : - ( This makes me sad as i really loved those speakers.

To make this short-ish, I need a sub satellite system. Yes i understand the compromises and I'm going to need to make even more. The speakers need to be very small and wall mountable..... And.... i need to mount them basically in corners.

The ceiling is 6.5 to 7' high for about 2' from the wall and then goes straight up to 10'. The speakers need to be mounted under the shorter ceiling and close to the corner (wall meets ceiling) angled down into the room. There is no were else to put them as there are doors, windows, built in cabinetry and a wood stove in the way. There is no room on the floor ether................sigh.............

I have come to grips with the idea of just having music filling the room and giving up on much of what i enjoyed with my Meadowlarks. ie: imaging, sound stage, flushed out rich midrange....

Sooooo.... I'm looking for small corner placable speakers with a small sub.
The only things that come to mind at the moment are both of the round speakers like Orb and Gallo. I have not heard ether. Or something like NTH SuperZero 2.0's or Absolute Zero speakers and a sub. Im guessing they should ok in corners as there both sealed and have essentially no bass... just a guess though. The two NTH speakers are about the max size i can use.

I haven't heard any small sub other than a Totem Storm some time ago and was impressed. I would be interested in hearing any opinions of the subs from any of the makers i mentioned above.

As you can see my options are far from optimal and Im just trying to get as good a sound as i can in the space and limitations that i have... of which there are a lot.

My budget tops out at $1500... but $1000 is about as much as i should spend!

Things i would like (be it fantasy or not)....

1. Some midrange weight

2. Not too directional... being as it will need to 'fill' a room.

3. Not to bright sounding.... neutral or the the warmer side of it is what my ears like.

4. Small sub..12"x12"x12" or so... I don't need 20hz... an accurate musical and real 30+hz is fine.

5. Coherent at low volume... As this is a small multi purpose space with others around, the music will often need to be played at relatively low volume.

6. Not make me feel like I'm listening to a sub and two tiny speakers up to high and mounted in a bad place..... :- (

Equipment
Audio Refinement Multi 2 amp and Pre 5
Raga p-25 with OL-1 arm and Monolithic PS-1 HC-1 premap
Paradisea+ DAC

Thanks for sticking with it if you made it this far..... any thoughts will be most appreciated!

Bill in Seattle.

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