2. speakers
  3. 1040789503

Best Small Efficient Speaker for Office or Sm Room

I'm thinking of putting together a simple system for an office. A nice receiver or intergrated amp with tuner and CD player with small speakers placed on office furniture or speaker stands. I'm looking for a speaker that sounds good with very low power (25-40wpc) and at low listening levels. Another important part of the puzzle is that I don't want to spend more than $250 per pair used. Looking for some good feedback here. I'm open to any suggestions.
islandflyfisher
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
B&W DM302 are 91dB. No longer made, but mint used pairs very easy to get here and on eBay. Also a great sounding small speaker for very little $$$$ ($150 to $180 used). The cheapest speaker to have a Stereophile recommendation; an Editors Choice Award and Budget Speaker of the Year Award.

I use a pair of B&W DM302 in my office with a Creek 4330R (40 watts). See my systems link.
rsuminsby
152 posts
 
I have a secondary system consisting of a Linn Classik and a pair of B&W 303s. The 303s are a great little speaker, and you should be able to pick up a pair, even new, for under $300. These are "down the line" from the DM601s mentioned above, but check them out just the same. To each his own...
bwyoung
140 posts
 
NHT. You can pick up some nice NHT's for very reasonable price (used). However, I would go for a fuller range NHT than the Superzeros. I own a pair of Superzeros and would not put them in my office. I also own B&W N802's and have run smaller B&Ws, Thiels, but for my office it's an NAD integrated and NHT speakers. Excellent at low volumes where they still seem to do the good stuff right.
ake
48 posts
 
second the Axiom M22Ti. I have been very happy with them driven by both a flea power zen amp and 300B tubes SET amp. Only missing is the bottom end.

Ake
tcpip
5 posts
 
A pair of used Tannoy Mercury M1s costs about $160 used.

Europen speaker of the year 1998 - 1999:
http://www.eisa-awards.org/awards/98-99/index.htm

HiFi Choice review:
http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/archive/perl/460_printreview.htm
More to discover