Is my room too small

My room measures 11.5 by 14 and I sit very nearfield ( 54 in.) For the most part this works for me. Velodyne DDs' in stereo have helped a lot but have required a lot of work. POI small rooms pressurize ( as opposed to unfold wavelength) at a higher freq. So I guess my solution is small monitors worn as headphones sitting on subs.

You're fine at that room size. I've recently acquired a new home and gave up my much larger room. The room I'm in now is actually just slightly smaller than yours. I feared I'd not experience as good a soundstage, but I'm happy to report that wasn't the case. In some respects having a smaller room I've found the sound is less room dependent, and the overall experience is more intimate than I ever imagined possible. I experimented with long wall vs short wall placement, and chose long wall to give me greater listening distance. Speaker interactions with the room have been far less on the long wall as well.

enjoy!

Thanks for all the advice. I listened to some B and W's and some Aeriels last week end. Aeriels sound great and not too big. I'm going to Von Schweikerts this Saturday to listen to VR 33's then make a choice.

You might want to try some Green Mountains before you finalise your decision.

I agree with some comments that room treatments do help when a considerably large speaker is placed in a relatively small room. However, there are still limitations as some speakers will perform better if they are placed out from wall boundaries. I'm not too sure about VR4 Jr whether they are able to fit into a width of 10 ft. In my experience most conventional box speakers require a minimum space of 2'(clear distance) from side walls in order to sound acceptable. One method to ameliorate the ill-effects of close placement to wall boundaries is to listen in nearfield configuration as suggested by Soulbrass and Elizabeth in the event one experiences bass issues or a collapse in soundstage (when the speakers are placed very close to wall boundaries).

Good luck.