What are the best, smallest high end speakers?

[speedygonzalez]

New in town. By best I mean flattest and most objectively true sounding to source material. I would prefer actives but passive suggestions I would be open to. Is there a law of diminishing (literally) returns with smaller speakers. Physics does kick in the smaller you go. I am talking compact.

So far I have KH80 and Genelec 1 or 2 on my list. Mucho thanks.

 

[sergeauckland]

I have the Genelec 1029A, which were their smallest 'speaker some 20 years ago. I would expect the current 8000 series to be better, especially with SAM.

Incorrect information removed so as not to muddy the thread


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[staticV3]

Genelec Ones: https://www.genelec.com/theones

Devialet Phantom if you're after deep bass extension.

 

[Digital_Thor]

Add subwoofers instead of trying to push extension from smaller speakers - if - you can accept the extra complexity and fiddle, to make it work.

 

[kemmler3D]

Genelec 8020 or 8010 plus sub (if you can find a place for it) would be pretty good for light duty, KH80 is also good.

 

[speedygonzalez]

I have the Genelec 1029A, which were their smallest 'speaker some 20 years ago. I would expect the current 8000 series to be better, especially with SAM.
However, the Genelec One and Two are not active, just powered, so they still have a passive crossover.

The KH80 is a proper active loudspeaker so that would be my preference over the ONE or TWO.

S.

Did not know this. I would want an active xover.

 

[RobL]

Did not know this. I would want an active xover.

Actually, that’s not correct. The G series all have active crossovers:

 

[sergeauckland]

Actually, that’s not correct. The G series all have active crossovers:
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Apologies. The spec I read referred to them as 'powered' loudspeakers with 50 watts amplification. It didn't make clear that was 25w+25w, with an electronic crossover.

I have edited my post to remove the incorrect information.
S

 

[Ilkless]

New in town. By best I mean flattest and most objectively true sounding to source material. I would prefer actives but passive suggestions I would be open to. Is there a law of diminishing (literally) returns with smaller speakers. Physics does kick in the smaller you go. I am talking compact.

So far I have KH80 and Genelec 1 or 2 on my list. Mucho thanks.

You won't get better than KH80. Maybe 8331 too but at a much higher cost. These are already tiny speakers and I wouldn't go much smaller.

 

[ehabheikal]

New in town. By best I mean flattest and most objectively true sounding to source material. I would prefer actives but passive suggestions I would be open to. Is there a law of diminishing (literally) returns with smaller speakers. Physics does kick in the smaller you go. I am talking compact.

So far I have KH80 and Genelec 1 or 2 on my list. Mucho thanks.

Kh80 dsp has a lot of sound for the size and measures amazingly and has a good price, have a pair and love them. The ls50 meta is larger but sounds and looks amazing, also have a pair. Both need a subwoofer or really any thing of the size.

 

[Justdafactsmaam]

Dutch & Dutch should be on your list

 

[staticV3]

Dutch & Dutch should be on your list

With what speaker?

The 8C is huge!

 

[mjgraves]

I am continually impressed by the JBL 705Ps. These little guys do a great job. And you can get them at a decent discount from time-to-time.

 

[dfuller]

With what speaker?

The 8C is huge!

I've certainly seen larger, but the 8C is deceptively large.

 

[LTig]

New in town. By best I mean flattest and most objectively true sounding to source material. I would prefer actives but passive suggestions I would be open to. Is there a law of diminishing (literally) returns with smaller speakers. Physics does kick in the smaller you go. I am talking compact.

So far I have KH80 and Genelec 1 or 2 on my list. Mucho thanks.

Depends on listening distance and required bass capability. KH80 with KH750, or Genelec 8331 with 7360 or KH750.

I have 8020a on my desktop, and the recent addition of a KH750 was real game changer.

 

[Justdafactsmaam]

With what speaker?

The 8C is huge!

I guess we have very different ideas of scale

 

[staticV3]

I guess we have very different ideas of scale

DD 8C vs Genelec 8331A vs Neumann KH 80 DSP

comparesizes.com

 

[VintageFlanker]

I guess we have very different ideas of scale

No, you have. It clearly is a big speaker. Like, no question.

 

[kemmler3D]

DD 8C vs Genelec 8331A vs Neumann KH 80 DSP

comparesizes.com

hahahah it's like 4x the size of the KH80

 

[Purité Audio]

There are a couple in development but not available quite yet.
Keith