I have recently converted my 2 channel system to a smallish room. I selected the 2-way Wilson-Benesch model Vertex. Using a great preamp and mono blocks. Absolutely ridiculous at any listening level.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Downsizing Speakers in Main Listening Room - Your Feedback on Some options
Your $2500 budget is a little low to get something way better than the Synco 1 low level detail has a lot to do with a systems resolution. Have you tried or considered moving to a much better digital front end as the PS unit you have is an ok dac and the Ayre is also an older starter player. The Monitor Audio Platinum PL 100 monitors are impressive but they will not have the bass to fill out such a large room and they lean towards a more agressive treble but the detail and clarity are fantastic. Based on the amount of room you need to fill you really need the bass response of a set of floorstanders. A used set of PSB T3 would really impress you as they are way better in every way over the Syncro 1 and they have fantastic bass. The ATC SCM 19 are amazing monitors but sill will require a woofer in that size room. The 19 are a huge improvement over the 11. So I would recommend you save your pennies sell your Syncro Ones and move the T3 also still upgrade your Dac, check out the Mytek super detailed a little cold but overall great. the Aqua Hifi La voice is a super sweet punchy dac, and the T+A Dac 8 is just remakable. These are all dacs we sell, we haven't tested all the others on the market. Hope that helps. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ |
I think this is bad advice. Floorstanders are a bad idea in a small room because of their uneven in room response. Changing the electronics is unlikely to make much of an audible difference, if at all. A bit more power might help, but that is about it. If you want to create the budget for much better speakers you could, however, sell much of the electronics, use the Sonos as a digital preamplifier, and get a beefy pro audio amplifier like the recently discontinued Yamaha Pxxxs series. See here for a real review (in French): http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/amplificateurs-de-puissance-haute-fidelite/mesures-ampli-yamaha-p... I appreciate this offends many hard boiled audiophiles, but electronics make very little difference to the sound (unless tubes because their frequency response under real load is usually far from flat). Underpowered amplifiers do degrade the sound because of clipping distortion and compression. The best speakers for the room will make an enormous difference, however, and far more than the differences between different decent quality electronics. In a room of that size I would opt for the Harbeth M30.1, with two (or four) smallish subwoofers, equalized by an Antimode 8033. Harbeths are beautifully clean and sweet. |
Willem his room is 16 by 20 and is open floor plan. That means more bass. Your 4 woofer idea is great from an acoustic point of view but for many audiophiles who dont have dedicated rooms this will never happen. Îf he has to turn it up to hear detail means he is lacking resolution. The T3 have amazing deep bass and are clearer then the syncos. |