I can’t believe I’m doing this. Sadly, I’ve realised I can’t keep buying gear and never selling any as it’s all taking up too much space. So first to go are my lovely Snell Type A mk3. The bass drivers were re-foamed 4 years ago and everything else was checked at the same time. All working and in good condition for their age.
My room is 17ft by 10ft. I have them positioned along the long wall and listen near field without any problems (it’s the only place any speakers work in my room and gives a good soundstage there. I’d say a medium sized room would be fine.
Your question made me laugh, they are Peak Consult “Princess System”. The reason I laughed was I actually made a point of hiding another pair of speakers which are Sonus Faber!
I think I would take the Peak Consult Princess before the Sonus Faber, and the Snells before either of them if they would suit my system, but I haven’t got the Watts.
I have heard the Snells sounding wonderful in a big room, Dom had his pair in quite a small room at home and they sounded very good there,
In my experience you don’t need a huge room or huge power with Snell As. I had a pair in a room about 4m by 6m that worked very well, and always used them with sub 20W single ended triode amps.
They work well close to the wall and have an amazing coherent musicality when working well.
The new owner will mot be dissapointed