Thank you, all, very much for the great replies – much
appreciated!
Yakbob, the Gemme Audio Tanto V2 looks interesting and efficient. Mattmiller, thanks for suggesting the various monitors. Irish_tim, good to hear that the Vandersteens can handle hard rock. Adg101, I like your ProAc pick. Unsound, I hear your caveats including forward presentation. Mesch, I appreciate your thoughts and encouragement.
Using smaller speakers due to my room limitations and speaker placement near the back wall makes sense based on space requirements for driver integration and issues with low frequency wave forms. I hope to mitigate some of these limitations. Speakers sit symmetrically in the room in an equilateral triangle with the listener of roughly 7’ per side. I can tweak this placement a tad, sit a bit farther back (though I like to have some flexibility here), and potentially add some modest room treatments and eq down the line.
My biggest concern, however, is ensuring a full and authoritative bass. I don’t have pipe organ recordings to 20 Hz, but I am trying to stay fairly flat down to 30-35 Hz and get a full and big sound throughout. I understand I may need to make trade offs to achieve this. I’ve read discussions on speaker and room size as well as subs vs full range and there seem to be a lot of differing opinions. In general, I usually prefer the sound of bigger speakers (I guess I’m a bit old school?), but the current trend seems to support smaller systems for smaller rooms (for good reasons) and I’m willing to compromise. Regarding subs, I’m willing to add a small one down the line if needed, but I’d like to try find the best solution without one first.
With all this in mind, perhaps I can seek a middle ground with smaller towers or larger monitors? So far, I’d lean toward the ProAc Studio 200 or something similar. Although the Dynaudio Special 25 looks sweet, I’m concerned with the rear port, borderline low end, and its higher cost. The Gemme Audio Tanto V2 looks great if I can get comfortable with its unusual build and single 6.5 mid/woofer, but it may be out of my price range unless I find a seller as kind as Yacbob!
I’d appreciate any more suggestions or thoughts!
Yakbob, the Gemme Audio Tanto V2 looks interesting and efficient. Mattmiller, thanks for suggesting the various monitors. Irish_tim, good to hear that the Vandersteens can handle hard rock. Adg101, I like your ProAc pick. Unsound, I hear your caveats including forward presentation. Mesch, I appreciate your thoughts and encouragement.
Using smaller speakers due to my room limitations and speaker placement near the back wall makes sense based on space requirements for driver integration and issues with low frequency wave forms. I hope to mitigate some of these limitations. Speakers sit symmetrically in the room in an equilateral triangle with the listener of roughly 7’ per side. I can tweak this placement a tad, sit a bit farther back (though I like to have some flexibility here), and potentially add some modest room treatments and eq down the line.
My biggest concern, however, is ensuring a full and authoritative bass. I don’t have pipe organ recordings to 20 Hz, but I am trying to stay fairly flat down to 30-35 Hz and get a full and big sound throughout. I understand I may need to make trade offs to achieve this. I’ve read discussions on speaker and room size as well as subs vs full range and there seem to be a lot of differing opinions. In general, I usually prefer the sound of bigger speakers (I guess I’m a bit old school?), but the current trend seems to support smaller systems for smaller rooms (for good reasons) and I’m willing to compromise. Regarding subs, I’m willing to add a small one down the line if needed, but I’d like to try find the best solution without one first.
With all this in mind, perhaps I can seek a middle ground with smaller towers or larger monitors? So far, I’d lean toward the ProAc Studio 200 or something similar. Although the Dynaudio Special 25 looks sweet, I’m concerned with the rear port, borderline low end, and its higher cost. The Gemme Audio Tanto V2 looks great if I can get comfortable with its unusual build and single 6.5 mid/woofer, but it may be out of my price range unless I find a seller as kind as Yacbob!
I’d appreciate any more suggestions or thoughts!