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Does this speaker exist?

Looking for ideas. Here's the wishlist:

- Small footprint, either standmount or small floorstander (<40”)
- For listening at normal distances (not nearfield, or not only nearfield)
- Comes alive at low volume (let's say that at least it doesn’t need to be cranked to come alive)
- Musically versatile
- State of the art tonality, truth of timber
- Superb treble
- Gobs of refinement (think 1080p or 4K vs. 420, or very high thread count egyptian cotton vs. Ramada Inn)
- Not important: large soundstage, disappearing act, bottom octave, fill the room
- I actually prefer a small soundstage -- a small but open widow to the performance
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nonoise
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Tonian Labs TL-D1s. They come on strong at low volumes. If your upstream equipment is resolving enough it will unravel the music beautifully.
Tone, timbre and highs are there in spades: Make sure to properly seat them onto something good as there is a big difference in their presentation depending on what you sit them on. I recently found that out.

All the best,
Nonoise
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dtc
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Totem - anything form Arro up to the Forest are <40" and meet your criteria. It is amazing what this line can produce from such a small box.
oldcar63
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Kef r500 will work great for what you want and more.
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drubin OP
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Funny, as others have observed, these topics eventually reach a point where every product on the market is recommended. :-)

But don't let me discourage anyone, I appreciate all comments.
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