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Can you have too much speaker presence?

My dealer says I’d lose too much speaker presence if I went to a smaller speaker. I’m not posting the speaker in question solely because I don’t want this to become an attack on them. I get it, presence means there and in the area, but can too much become and issue, especially when it is centered in a specific frequency range? 

 

hiendmmoe
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duckey
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The dealer must be talking about the 1976 Led Zeppelin Presence album. ark,ark!

fredapplegate
104 posts
 

50+ years an audiophile. I've never heard "presence" used in this way. Usually refers to upper mix frequencies. It would be interesting to know what your dealers means. And I'm not saying he doesn't know what he's talking about,  just that he's using a potentially confusing term.

Have fun. 

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pindac
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I have in the past, but own no longer Stand Mount Tannoy Speakers.

In conjunction with these I have a Floor Standing Three Way Speaker at approx' 44" High (still owned and used) and 6' x 3' ESL's (still owned and used)

Either of these Speakers have been/are capable of filling a room with attractive sound, each have attractions and detractors unique to each Speaker.

Each have supplied numerous hour of music replays where an alternative speaker was desired.

Accepting the differences between the Three Designs and learning each ones  strengths, and how they offer certain genre's a uplift is a experience worthwhile having.   

ohlala
1,236 posts
 

I have been down this road and think jtgofish makes an interesting point. What I would do, though, is perform acoustic measurements. The issue may be band limited. Problems are easier to solve if you can isolate them.

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