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Full range speakers with small footprint?

I've decided to sell my Vandersteen 2Ce's because they are too big (or visually imposing) for my living room and my planned dedicated listening room is not going to happen very soon. Can anyone recommend a floor standing speaker with a smaller footprint that is capable of producing some bass? They would be driven by Quicksilver amps, 60 wpc.

Thanks for your ideas, Jeff.
jrb25
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bobbyapalkovic
729 posts
 
hi tvad,
i agree about hearing a speaker with your own music and that one's own personal preference has a lot to do with ones choice. but this speaker in particular is extremely continuous from top to bottom. and it is possible that the individual that owned them may not have had them set up to best show what you were after personally. this is in an ancillary sense and even, placement. the speaker (the vsm mm or mx and super bam in particlar) do not have a tonality issues and can be worked with to address ones preferences to a degree. the se is lighter sounding and more suited to se tubes, imho.
regards,
b
regards,
bobby
dgarretson
2,623 posts
 
Tvad,

I have the Merlin VSM-MXs with a Velodyne DD-15 sub. With the latest BBAM the Merlins have clean and authoritative bass with rock music down to 30hz or slightly below, under which the sub adds the ultimate foundation with the xover set at a 30hz. I can see this clearly on the integrated spectrum analyzer in the Velodyne and hear it as well. Within their range the Merlins are great bass performers (if you like your bass clean and tight), but their bass is quite dependent on correct room positioning and proper spiking. So perhaps the question is whether a speaker that goes into the low 30hz range is "full range."

Dave
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fatcataudio
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