Speaker suggestions for small listening Area. Downsizing. Considering Naim and Moving to new speakers.

Posted by: Jaybar on 28 August 2002

Currently I have SF Signums, but can't seem to get them right in my room after many many months.

The useable listing area in my LR is about
11 x 12 feet, but its part of a larger LR.

I have the following requirements:

1) Prefer stand mounted speakers (though not an absolute).

2) Need to be optimal around 30-36" from the back of the speaker to the wll behind them.

3) Need to work well 6-6.5 feet apart. I am not talking about "sound" but reasonably optimal performance at this spacing with distance to side walls about 3 feet.

4) $1000-$2000 range Approximately

Will be considering the more entry level Naim gear (Nait 5 FC2 or 112/150)

5) Need to sound good with Linn Ikemi and Linn TT (Ekos/Arkiv)

My room retains a lot of mid bass energy so speakers with mid bass boom need not apply.

Any suggestions?

Jay

Posted on: 01 September 2002 by onlythat

Though Vuk referred to me as girly, and a boybander-- even girly boybanders get a vote in this world. That is the beauty-- the whole world is a single flower.

And my vote is for what i own now, of course, after a search-- the Reference 3a MM De Capo i's. A bit round earthish to be sure, but tonally superb and super quick. Stat-like. I tried the Neat Petite 3's, but I found them tonally thin. I also thought they needed much more than my 140-- constrained with that amp (to be fair, the room was big and damped).

The Katans i heard faired better tonally and were just as quick, but had less bass, though more tightly defined. They were quite quick.

I would definitely recommend Katans if you need closer to wall placement. They look great, too.

David

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