I'm looking for advice
It's becoming painfully obvious to me that my hobby is going to need to be moved to another room in order to maintain some semblance of cohabitaional bliss.
[Personal background information] My other half loves TV - the damned thing could be on 24X7 and that would be A-OK. I, on the other hand could go weeks without ever turning it on. Different strokes, as they say. Since I made the mistake of buying a 46" flat screen about a year ago, it sits prominently in our living room now, and it (even to me) doesn't really make sense to move it into another room. To avoid an ongoing "struggle" over room time, I've made the decision to set up audio camp in a far smaller room in the house.
[The situation] Over the weekend, I bought some furnishings for my office to turn it into a hybrid that will also accommodate functioning as a listening room. It's hardly acoustically ideal, but I installed some wall treatments, dampening window treatments et al., to try to help out. I'm happy to invest in bass traps, diffusers, etc., but I'm also looking to move soon as well, so I don't want to spend too much on outfitting this particular space.
[The current state] The room is small (12' X 10', standard sheetrock walls) and I have the L46's in it. I have some pretty decent amplification equipment (Luxman pre-amp, McIntosh amp) in my main system, but found that the best pairing for the L46's is a Yamaha RX-797 receiver I had laying around; it seems to tame the tweeters which can be a bit harsh to me.
[The conundrum] I like the L46's alot and they make for a great secondary system, but if this area's going to be my primary listening space, I'd like something a bit more. I know there are several threads here that talk about best JBL's for a small space, but they're primarily focused on vintage and I'm leaning away from that direction, though I could likely be talked down. I'm looking at a few possibilities:
1.) Couple the higher-end amplification I have with a pair of Ti2K's, rationale being that they're readily available, are the right size, and are within my budget.
2.) Ditch the amplification I have, and go with active monitors (specifically the LSR 6325's coupled with a sub) rationale being that given the space I'm working with I'll be in a nearfield listening position anyway and wouldn't have to have racks of equipment.
3.) Look at other vintage speakers that deliver "more" than the L46's but are still suitable for a small space (e.g., L112's) rationale being that I'm familiar with the "sound", enjoy it, and figure it could only get better as I moved up the ladder.
[The advice part] Now that I've likely bored the ever living sh%t out of you, I'm hoping to get real world advice from members with experience with the newer set ups I've mentioned who can compare them to vintage counterparts. In other words, if you own the Ti2K's and also have heard vintage JBL 2-ways, what are your thoughts? Not so much looking for state the obvious replies (e.g., the Ti2K's only a 6.5 woofer - yeah, I know - kinda already looked into it ) but would really value opinions derived from actual experience.
And of course, other suggestions outside of what I'm looking at are very welcome ... bearing in mind that I just recently spent several thousands on upgrading my system, and will likely have to tell several white lies about the cost of this endeavor. Budget = going internet retailer cost of LSR 4328's .
Thanks for reading this long-ass post, and thank you in advance for any advice you can offer.
P.S., this would all be redundant if there was any place one could actually go to audition JBL speakers, but we don't want to re-open that who discussion do we?