What speakers for a 10 x10 room?

i'll offer what little help i can, and anyone who wishes to correct me may feel free to do so.
i'm going to assume the height of your ceiling is about the same as the width and length of the room. i seem to remember that cubes are BAD rooms for listening. if i have this right, the dimensions will reinforce (first???) reflections and create 'nodes' in your room where soundwaves will congregate. i believe bass response will be an early victim of your rooms dimensions.
i would look at your room before switching out speakers since if this is the problem, your new speakers will not correct for it.
since this is YOUR dedicated room, can you shorten the wall your speakers are NOT in front of? i think a shortening of about 1-2 feet could create a much better acoustic environment for you. there was a website i once came across that gave a top ten list of proportions for the dimensions of a room for listening, go to http://www.geocities.com/m_churches/room.htm.
check this out first and experiment
btw, nice choice of front end and amplification
hope this helps
correct me if i'm wrong

I recently had the same quagmire to deal with in a 10 x 11 office that I wanted to put high end sound into. I tried many speakers, but all were either too mid-fi sounding, too big with boomy bass or too small with no real bass. My goal was to obtain world class sound and decent bass. Finally I found the AV Reality Avinci ones. These use "best of the best" drivers that are usually only seen in $4000+ speakers. Luckiliy, AV Reality priced these speakers near $1000, so they were the bargain of the century when it comes to build of material cost versus customer cost (build of material cost is over $880!). Honestly I can't figure out how this guy makes any money...back to the speaker... What really makes this speaker work so well is that they have 5.5" Scan Speak revelator woofers. These are much easier to integrate into a very small room becuase of their size, yet these woofers are damn heroic. They have very surprising output down to 30 hz. From my understanding, they have the BEST bass of any woofer driver for their size, period. I can't say enough about these speakers because my other system is composed of Legacy Whispers in a 33 x 22 custom made dedicated listening room with 1000w dual subwoofers i.e. I am quite spoiled in terms of fidelity. The bottom line is that I enjoy music just as much on my small system with the AV Realitys and actually prefer their treble over my Whispers. They are that good!

The dip that you are experiencing in the upper bass / lower midrange is typical of a "floor bounce" reflection. Altering the height of your speakers will play games with this to a great extent. Knowing this, you can experiment around and see what you can come up with. This is not to say that this is your only problem, but that it would be my first guess. Sean
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I have talon Peregine Xs set up in my 10*11 and they sound wonderful. They are almost right up against the back wall but because they are front ported this is a minor issue. Email me to discuss if you are interested...