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What are the best, smallest high end speakers?

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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.
 
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.

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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.

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Did not know this. I would want an active xover.
 
Did not know this. I would want an active xover.
Actually, that’s not correct. The G series all have active crossovers:
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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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
There are a couple in development but not available quite yet.
Keith
 
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