Room correction is a pale pale solution here, and I'm a big EQ/DSP fan. It works much better in conjunction with decent room acoustics. A carpet and ceiling treatments, bass traps, anything, will help that work much much better.
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Best Speakers for Very Large Bright Room
My room is 25’ x 25’ x 8’, the worst possible square. I have the system speakers occupying different distances from the side walls, asymmetrically positioned in the room left/right such that the left speaker is about 2’ from the left wall, and the right speaker is about 12’ from the left wall. I sit about 3’ from the rear wall. They are both about 3’ from the front wall and very slightly toed in (Thiel CS6). I have selectively covered parts of the front, side and rear walls with Aurelex panels and use the Lenrd bass traps from floor to celing in the front corners and one rear corner of the room. Two diffusors are placed on the rear wall behind my listening sofa. Ceiling reflections are partly cancelled by two 2’ x 4’ Aurelex panels on the celing at the mirrored first reflection points. Area rugs on the hard floors. Yes, it’s a man cave and looks like a recording studio (which the other half is) but it gets the job done and I have good imaging, very little room reverb (fingersnaps no longer produce that awful ping) and excellent 3 dimensionality. Rooms can be tamed and made to sound decent if you can stand the look. |
Thank you all for the responses! Can someone suggest a specific dipole or ESL that would fit in my space? The built in space for the bookshelves is: 18" wide, 36" high, 21" deep and 36" off the floor. The 36" high is if I remove the two shelves above it, which I am willing to do. I am not too familiar with either dipoles or electrostatics. Thanks! Mobius |
Mobiusmu, ESL and dipoles need space to work. If you are planning on cramming them in front of a wall, they are not for you. Instead, I’d recommend horn loaded speakers with a sub. My bet is that this would work outstandingly well for good cost: http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/hb-1.html |