Best Speakers for 10' x 12' room?


I am putting together a new system for my upstairs office where I do most of my listening and moving the current system downstairs and would love help finding the best speakers.

I have been listening to the B & W 805D with a REL 238 sub & stands, and the Wilson Audio Duette (under 9K for demo model with stands). I wonder about auditioning the Duette 2's, which people say are better, but they are 10K more.
I am also open to other possibilities as well.

I would love to hear people's experiences with any of these speakers or others that work well in a small room. In most ways I like the Duette's a great deal more, but the 805D's were warmer and I am wondering if that is because they were played on Mcintosh equipment. I think of trying the Wilson Audio Duette's with the McInosh amp/pre-amp - Any feedback is appreciated.

Thank-you,
mksr
I had the 805Ds but I switched to the 805Ns. I found that the 805N was superior in many way including:
-cabinet construction
-touchable imaging
-seamless driver transition
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I have owned many high end monitors and to date I have not found one that works better than the 805N - and my room is 11x12. My second choice would be Harbeth, not the 805D which I just cannot understand.
Mksr - No, I have only heard Magico and Wilson "big" speakers, so I am not in a position to help you with your selection.

If this is your short list, then treat your room as best you can and try them both, if possible, to see which one sounds best to you. That's really the only way to know.
The Wilson's may be a handful in a room that size. They are designed to be close to a wall but when I demoed the in a large room 20-30ish they filled the room pretty well with bass.
Smaller room usually means smaller speakers possible for good bass.

Also listening position is often closer to speakers than otherwise. Often the closer drivers are perceived to be a point source from the perspective of your listening position, the better for soundstage, imaging and coherency top to bottom. Avoid speakers with large physical separation between drivers.

Lots of good affordable monitor and affordable smaller floorstanding speakers in the $2000 or less price range to work with given these two criteria to help choose.

I would try without a sub initially, and only add sub or subs later if desired, making sure sub levels can be integrated cleanly as needed.

Also pay attention to different amps that might be used to best effect depending on the speakers. Smaller less efficient speakers with good bass capability often need a surprising amount of power to deliver optimal results, often 150 w/ch or more. Larger higher efficiency speakers for a room that size, like Klipsch Heresy for example, can get away with much less power and may even sound best with a lower powered tube amp. That is assuming you listen to a variety of music genres and may want to go to lifelike volumes when called for. Using a powered sub even with less efficient speakers will offload work from the mains and enable better results with a lower power amp perhaps there.