I’ve owned my 60 watt Naim 152/155XS paired with a set of Dynaudio Focus 160 bookshelf speakers for a while. I recently took them out of storage and set them up in my home office which is a small room (12’ 6” x 11’ 6”).
In the office I am only listening to music at low or moderate volume levels. However fairly low volume is most common.
Does anyone have a better recommendation than the Dynaudio 160’s based on my room, SPL and amplification? I probably wouldn’t consider a speaker much above $4K.
I have no complaints as I feel the Dyn 160 speakers are a wonderful match to the Naim gear. I’m just wondering if their is superior low volume speaker I might enjoy even more than the 160’s.
Thank you. The source is a NAD C658 “preamp”. However I am only using the streamer and DAC portion of the device.
The original retail price on the speakers was $2,900. I’m really satisfied with speakers but I’m was wondering if there is another speaker that is better suited for lower volume listening in my small room.
In my office at a company I use Ruark MR1 bluetooth speakers, at home I have a Ruark R4 in the bedroom (who says romance is dead??). These are both very different to a traditional stereo hi fi set up and I went with them because of the rich sweet sound that was impressive at low volumes but so I know what you mean.
Its almost as if your current set up is too good. Hifi-dogs suggestion should be well under budget and the solution might be to downgrade the speakers.