Sometimes Less is More?

Agree Mapman, but on a slightly different level. I have a fairly large room 17 deep X 35 wide. I had towers which went well down into the high 20's. Sounded good. But now I have Cain & Cain Abby's. Sound great.

Sometimes less is more, more or less. We also find that the little system at the lake, ( Jadis front end Red Rose speakers ) can have something special. It is give and take, the smaller system has a certain magic, the big rig has impact and detail. Which do we prefer, usually the one we are listening to.

I think this quite obvious, after all one can't fit 5 Lbs. of sugar in a 1 Lbs. sack.

"one can't fit 5 Lbs. of sugar in a 1 Lbs. sack"

Hard to argue with that one.....

one year i visited ces, and magnepan introduced the mg 20. it was displayed in a smallish hotel room at the golden nuggest.

obviously, the speaker needs space.

still, the sound was wonderful.

yes, there waas room for improvement, but i think, it is hard to ruin the sound of a great speaker, unless there are some unusual component mismatches, which can be avoided, or a really bad room.

if i like a speaker, i'll try to make it work, under less-than ideal room conditions,, because, i may prefer that speaker in the "wrong" room in comparison to other speakers set up reasonably well.

if i have a favorite speaker, i won't settle for another.