Dtrandall, you are missing the point we believe in what you believe and we have the OP’s best interests at heart.
The issue is that the OP doesn’t have a standard sized audio room, he has a big volume of air to fill and that requires different thinking.
Your Cigar store analogy is a good one, but here the customer is saying I need a cigar I can smoke for 20 mins and the client is looking at a giant cigar which will burn for 1 hour, unless the customer wants to smoke for 20 mins and then smoke the rest later, which won’t taste very good, the large cigar isn’t the right selection.
The shop owner can do 1 of 2 things, either recommend a smaller equally tasty cigar or allow the customer to purchase the larger cigar and learn the hard way that what he wanted ultimately wasn’t the best choice for his requirements.
Mr. Randall, you totally miss the point, the reason why we post on threads like this is to assist people with the knowledge obtained over many years of doing this work as a profession.
As stated the likelyhood that the OP is even on the same part of the US or the World is rather remote, so we really don’t have anything financial to gain from this it is not a matter of "what is best for us" vs what is best for the OP."
We have seen too many people with blown speakers because the salesguy wanted to make a sale and didn’t look at what was right for the customer or the customer came to us and had us repair his speakers because he blew them out and the speakers were not purchased from us.
We have repaired Genesis 2.2 speakers and tweeters in a pair of Rockport Arrakis because the client liked to play very loud and had massive power and the issue with the Genesis is that the BG ribbon is now longer being made he has one spare and if he blows that one he has a giant set of boat anchors.
The OP has a unique set of circumstances and for that reason, it is unlikely that he can and will be able to just go to a store or even a show and hear a set of speakers that will meet all of those criteria.
If the OP had a room 1/3 or 1/2 the size it would be an easy task to hear many different products that would sound great.
Mr. Randall you really don’t understand what we are about at all.
With clarification from the OP as to wether subwoofers are a viable choice it is hard to go further here are the full questions:
Speaker Selection:
1: Does a set of large subwoofer work for you visually?
2: Can you get them to integrate do you have any experience or trepidation going with separate subwoofers?
3: Can you preamp handle subs?
4: Do you care that the subwoofers may not look the same as the main speakers?
5: Would you prefer a single large main speakers?
6: Do you have any constraints with the look of the main speakers?
7: Tonal palete does the OP prefer a warmer or clear sounding speaker?
Room:
1: We know the dimensions is the room sealed or open to any other rooms?
2: Is the room very live?
3: Is there an area rug or wall to wall carpeting?
4: Does the room have a lot of slap echo?
5: If the room does have a lot of slap echo is he open to adding some room panels?
Usage:
1: What kinds of music will be played?
2: How loud?
3: How long would the system be played?
4: Does he ever want to have a party and have the system play to fill up the space?
Speaker Buying:
1: Is new or used desirable?
2: Would an appropriate older or used model be an issue?
3: How oes the OP want to get service and support?
4: Would he travel to audition?
5: If a speaker is big and heavy does he have someone to assist him with the setup of the speakers?
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor
The issue is that the OP doesn’t have a standard sized audio room, he has a big volume of air to fill and that requires different thinking.
Your Cigar store analogy is a good one, but here the customer is saying I need a cigar I can smoke for 20 mins and the client is looking at a giant cigar which will burn for 1 hour, unless the customer wants to smoke for 20 mins and then smoke the rest later, which won’t taste very good, the large cigar isn’t the right selection.
The shop owner can do 1 of 2 things, either recommend a smaller equally tasty cigar or allow the customer to purchase the larger cigar and learn the hard way that what he wanted ultimately wasn’t the best choice for his requirements.
Mr. Randall, you totally miss the point, the reason why we post on threads like this is to assist people with the knowledge obtained over many years of doing this work as a profession.
As stated the likelyhood that the OP is even on the same part of the US or the World is rather remote, so we really don’t have anything financial to gain from this it is not a matter of "what is best for us" vs what is best for the OP."
We have seen too many people with blown speakers because the salesguy wanted to make a sale and didn’t look at what was right for the customer or the customer came to us and had us repair his speakers because he blew them out and the speakers were not purchased from us.
We have repaired Genesis 2.2 speakers and tweeters in a pair of Rockport Arrakis because the client liked to play very loud and had massive power and the issue with the Genesis is that the BG ribbon is now longer being made he has one spare and if he blows that one he has a giant set of boat anchors.
The OP has a unique set of circumstances and for that reason, it is unlikely that he can and will be able to just go to a store or even a show and hear a set of speakers that will meet all of those criteria.
If the OP had a room 1/3 or 1/2 the size it would be an easy task to hear many different products that would sound great.
Mr. Randall you really don’t understand what we are about at all.
With clarification from the OP as to wether subwoofers are a viable choice it is hard to go further here are the full questions:
Speaker Selection:
1: Does a set of large subwoofer work for you visually?
2: Can you get them to integrate do you have any experience or trepidation going with separate subwoofers?
3: Can you preamp handle subs?
4: Do you care that the subwoofers may not look the same as the main speakers?
5: Would you prefer a single large main speakers?
6: Do you have any constraints with the look of the main speakers?
7: Tonal palete does the OP prefer a warmer or clear sounding speaker?
Room:
1: We know the dimensions is the room sealed or open to any other rooms?
2: Is the room very live?
3: Is there an area rug or wall to wall carpeting?
4: Does the room have a lot of slap echo?
5: If the room does have a lot of slap echo is he open to adding some room panels?
Usage:
1: What kinds of music will be played?
2: How loud?
3: How long would the system be played?
4: Does he ever want to have a party and have the system play to fill up the space?
Speaker Buying:
1: Is new or used desirable?
2: Would an appropriate older or used model be an issue?
3: How oes the OP want to get service and support?
4: Would he travel to audition?
5: If a speaker is big and heavy does he have someone to assist him with the setup of the speakers?
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor