Can someone recommend me "micro" sized loudspeakers?

These sound great, and are well under your budget. And, they are available in gloss black:

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/543514326/energy-v-mini-w-bracket

I have read good things about all those speakers, but I have never heard them so I can't speak for them. But the Energy's sound fantastic (IMHO), are built well, and look gorgeous...

I see you edited your original post, adding that they must be good for female vocals. As you may be able to tell by my avatar, I'm a huge fan of female singers, and a speakers ability to reproduce midrange frequencies and female vocals is most important to me, and the Energy's excel at it (again IMHO).
Edited by Rick88 - 7/28/12 at 4:22pm

Are you still riding on a merry-go-round?

The NHT Super Zero's are nice - however, I would go for the Absolute Zero's.
http://www.nhthifi.com/Absolute-Zero-Black?sc=12&category=3772

Actually they are gloss black and silver (aluminum). I do consider them pretty neutral sounding, and I like the way both of those gals sound through them. I find that the Energy RC Series resolve a ton of detail in recordings, without sounding harsh. As a big time lover of female vocalists, many of them can sound bright or harsh with the wrong speakers, but not the Energys. I actually own the RC Mini's bigger brothers, the RC-10's. But I have heard the RC Minis before, and they are excellent little monitors, and they should be much better than the HK's. Just curious, what amp would you be running them with?

Edit: Actually the link I posted is for the newer V-Mini, not the RC-Mini. They are excellent as well.
Edited by Rick88 - 7/28/12 at 4:31pm

I second the Ascend HTM-200's. Just got a pair of these and it's shocking how much detail they provide in such a small package. They're just $298/pr, which means you could buy two sets and go 9.1

fwiw, cambridge audio s-30 's 9" tall 6.3" wide 8" deep great for music and great midrange for vocals and pretty good bass very well rounded speaker for its price $220 -audioadvisor

fwiw, if your looking for gloss white and something that will go alot deeper in the low end and has great midrange also and are only $80 a piece are the boston acoustic a25's at accessoriess4less. they maybe just a tad larger but for the money well worth it just my 2 cents

I also recommend the energy rc-mini or v-mini.


vanns doesn't ship to Canada but canada online store ( futureshop ) always carry energy product

The energy v-mini are on sale right now till august 2.

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/energy-energy-veritas-v-mini-bookshelf-speaker-vminib-vminib/10155145.aspx?path=ef7771d5c1b704e522123203f2a2215cen02
Edited by losservatore - 7/29/12 at 4:27pm

Are you planning on placing these close to or against a wall? The sealed Ascend HTM-200 sounds great and works very well against a wall. I've heard it used, smack against a wall, for front channels for both music and movies and they offer a similar tonal balance to the larger CBM-170 (neutral, good imaging, non-fatiguing, properly detailed top end), but without the bass extension. I great alternative to micro speakers if it fits.