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Room size and floor standing speakers

Hi there,
I am looking to the future when I may want to go with a floor standing speaker. I have a monitor right now and it sounds great, but...

My room size ir 22L*13W*8H. Is this big enough to fit a floor stander. I've read on some other forums that fitting to big a speaker into small space is just not great.

Any feedback would be great.

Peter
mariasplunge
unsound
7,329 posts
 
Your room is probably close to average. Yes, it's true that speakers that are too big for a room can cause problems. You should be just fine with many floorstanders.
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muzikat
929 posts
 
Your room is not that small. Most speakers will work there.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
full range floorstanders for sure
grimace
624 posts
 
My room is 18x15 and 9 high and I've got my Spendor S8Es on the long wall, about 28 inches out and eight feet apart. Imaging is very good, although stage depth seems a little limited. There are lots of floorstanders that'll work in your room, just don't get something really gigantic with overpowering bass. I think it's all about the balance.
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nrchy
2,124 posts
 
As a gross generalization (which I tend to do) I would say you have a medium sized room and therefore will be able to use most speakers. Medium sized floorstanding speakers will work best, small speakers (all except the very best) will get lost in your room, while huge floorstanders will over power the room...

How's that for gross?!?

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