Hi! I need to buy new speakers, and I could very much use some advice from more expert people.
I had planned to spend around 400-700 euros, and I will need to be able to wall mount them (with brackets, so I guess they would be around 10 centimeters out from the wall). My room is around 25 square meters, with stone floor, and I listen to music like the beatles, miles davis, jimi hendrix and james brown.
One thing that I don't like with my current speakers is that they have a kind of boomy bass that reverberates in the room. I guess that has a lot to do with the acoustics of the room, so my new speakers would need to be very 'un-boomy', if you know what i mean - fast and clear.
I have been looking around and found a couple of speakers that I think could work: B&W 685, Focal 706V, Monitor Audio RS1 and B&W CM1. I guess my old 35 watt Rotel amplifier would be able to drive any of those (?).
The 685s and 706Vs have the advantage of having the bass reflex port on the front, which I suppose should do for a tidier bass sound, but then I'm not much of an expert on these things. On the other hand the RS1 and CM1 are considerably smaller (an advantage IMO, especially if you want to mount them an the wall) and more attractive, but perhaps the rear bass reflex ports would be too much of a problem?
What would you recommend? Think clear, airy and fast sound!
Thanks for your help!