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speaker to big?

can a speaker actually be to large for a room?
my cuurent listening area is 13x15. my speakers can only go in one spot which is about one and a half feet from the back wall about 6 and a half feet apart. seating is about 7 feet away , 3 ft from the back wall. listen to mostly adult rock and jazz at moderate to sometimes loud levels and am more concerned with resolution and imaging. would a small monitor be prferable over a floorstander or is it just a matter of preference. my amp is a prima luna dialogue if that matters. any suggestions helpful.
panu21
hchilcoat
152 posts
 
I have a room that is on the small side (13x15) and found the same thing -- at louder levels the room really got overloaded. But I got a RealTraps kit and the situation improved dramatically. I can play music as loud as I want now without problems. I still have some room issues -- bass seems to be emphasized more as I move my listening seat back within 2 feet of the wall. Not cheap, but the sound treatment was a lot cheaper than building another room.
panu21 OP
82 posts
 
would love to try maggie mg12's or mmg's.
Do they work at all well with tubes? once again my room is small and am using the prima luna dialogue. speakers would be placed as stated above
cleaneduphippy
323 posts
 
Panu21,

Curious on how much of your tile floor is covered by an area rug, and whether or not you have any padding under the rug? Also, what other furniture (couches, chairs, ect) and window treatments do you have in the room? Basically is the room sound hard or soft? Softening the room will allow you to play your music louder, but in general, small rooms and loud music don't really work very well, as you'll going to get overload issues. Something you might want to do is shoot Rick Craig of Selah an e-mail and explain your situation, perhaps there are some minor tweaks (and I'm thinking along the lines that maybe a resistor between the crossover and (+) terminal of the woofer might tone down it's output to a more acceptable level for your room) that you (or him) could do to your speakers that might help solve some of your problems.
panu21 OP
82 posts
 
An area rug about 4x6 covers the floor. ther is a sliding glasss door behind me covered by floor to ceiling curtain.overall the room is very lively.
rleff
1,065 posts
 
Can you audition the maggie's or not; I would keep a eye on the distance from the back wall with maggie's and possibily think of slight diffusion if you were to go with the maggies; I have soundlab m2's and have them 3 feet off the back wall; not until I played with room treatment as suggested by several persons on this forum especially rives
did I really see what these speakers were capable of.
I don't have any experience with power for the maggies but I am sure several people will respond to that open question.
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