Michael Fremer's system

Gosh, that makes a lot of sense. 😛

moderator is not New Yorker, doesn't understand the concept.

'Ever try to race a Ferrari on a Go Cart track?'

*L* No, dammit....but it would be EXCITING and over Really Fast! ;)

(I once knew a....NO, I'm not 'going there'. The Moderators are already 'on to me'....*furtive paranoia*look for closest exit*)

*smirk*

Great kit, but I am surprised that he has such huge speakers in a near field set-up. I appreciate he says that this is his workspace, and a tool, but surely to make a tool operate properly it must be put in the conditions to make it work - you ain't gonna use an F1 car on a rally track...

As for "not getting great sound" in a room like that...

Some of the best sound I've ever heard were large speakers in small rooms.  (That includes mine, but I've heard higher end speakers in other small rooms).   Often a small room means the speakers end up closer to nearfield, taking out some of the room.   That's also how I listen to my floor standing speakers and they usually sound much better than demos even in larger, dedicated high end audio store rooms. 

Of course not every large speaker will work in every small room.  But, so long as we aren't talking about someone placing speakers haphazardly in a reflective tile bathroom or something, someone who knows what he is doing can render terrific results in atypical rooms.