New 11' x 7' listening room....small speaker?

Albert,

I defer to your superior knowledge most of the time, but c'mon, his room is SEVEN FEET WIDE!!!!

Taking into account the width of the speakers, it would only leave less than 4 ft. between them even if they were touching the side walls. If you give them 1 ft. of clearance on either side you now have 22 inches separating the speakers. I'm sorry, but that won't work for any speaker, maggies especially.

Even if he sets them up on the long wall giving them 1 ft.(pretty lame for di-polar speakers) of clearance to the wall behind them and butting his couch up against the other wall, he is now around 6 ft. from the plane of the speakers. Not enough for maggies to integrate.

No, I don't agree with 1.6s in this application at all. The best he can do is a pair of mini-monitors on the long wall and listen in the extreme near field. At least that is my suggestion.

Oz

If you are considering Green Mountain Audio speakers, call Roy Johnson. He is a master at placement with all the soundstage work he has done in the past. Your room is tough. The Callisto's are bottom ported and can be close to the walls, but Roy would be the one to ask on placement. Maybe the new Pico would be better or the Europa.
Good luck!

http://www.greenmountainaudio.com/Speakers/BookshelfStandMounts.htm

As mentioned not knowing your budget or if a sub can be incorporated. I would try the Revel M22, or Acoustic Energy
Aelite 2, or if budget permits the Linn Akurate 212 which is an awsome sounding stand mounted speaker. Actually the Linn could probably satisfy the bass requirements of a smaller room without the sub.

I can spend up to $2000...thanks for the replies

Zafrann,

Some great suggestions posted. You might want to check out Ohm Micro series. There's a review on 6moons that might give you an idea if they'd work. 120 day home trial makes it nice to find out. Good luck.

http://www.ohmspeakers.com/styles_microwalsh.cfm

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/walsh/micro.html

Cheers