Recommend some very small surround speakers

[essayer]

Having hulking black Mission 774 floorstanders vaguely reminiscent of the obelisk from 2001 do not cut it in a small Victorian sitting room, so I am expected to replace them with something a little smaller..

Any recommendations ? I do not mind buying secondhand, £300ish, I have a 5.1 amp already so a 5.1 surround kit would be great. Movies/TV only. The smaller the better, I suspect even bookshelf-style speakers on stands would be too big.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

orb audio ?
monitor audio radius ?
anthony gallo micro/a'diva/strada

etc etc

[Du1point8]

Kef kht 2005.2 or the .3 if you can find them at that price.

2005.2 can be had for £200-250 on ebay.

can't remember the difference between .2 and .3.

Have you thought of a sound bar?

[itsnotarace]

Boston SoundWare XS

[Trustmeimadoctor]

richersounds own brand thingy is supposed to be alright for the price

[danrc]

Cambridge audio minx 10's. sound great

[Adrian W]

Have a look at Definitive Technology

[magpies]

Kef eggs........very good reviews

not heard myself as I can still use full size speakers

[Crafty_]

Cambridge Audio Lusso 20s : http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=813

you can get table top stands for them if needed, but they come with a little rubber foot.
2 different subs you can get too.

If they are to big look at boston acoustics soundware speakers, they are tiny.

[Bullett]

2nd hand Bose cubes? worth considering if you know anyone who was selling a set?

[PD1]

http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit?m=11924&q=1223...

Monitor Audio speakers £299

[T1berious]

Neat Iotas, a bit over budget, but tiny and frankly implausibly good sound.

I was having a demo for other kit and was just shown these and seriously couldn't my head around the size \ sound equation, was looking for a sub etc. I'll be picking up a pair in the near future.

T1b

[Trustmeimadoctor]

a bit they are £650 a pair

[OldSkoolRS]

If you can find a used pair of PMC DB1+ speakers they should be in budget...I sold mine as I found some bigger TB2+ models, but the DB1+ are amazing for their size, leagues ahead of typical 'lifestyle' speakers IMHO.

http://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/pmc_d...

[Adrian W]

T1berious said:

Neat Iotas, a bit over budget, but tiny and frankly implausibly good sound.

I was having a demo for other kit and was just shown these and seriously couldn't my head around the size \ sound equation, was looking for a sub etc. I'll be picking up a pair in the near future.

T1b

I'm using Neat MFS's as my front speakers

[Rosscow]

Another vote here for the Boston Soundware XS package - incredibly good sound from such discrete speakers!