Audiokenesis response above is why it is worth speaking with a designer that does this for a living. I completely missed that because of the size of your room, room modes are not much of an issue. With the size room you have, you are really getting into commercial sound reinforcement issues where the experience of someone with that background would be very helpful.
Recommend speakers for a large living room
Hi, I am moving to a new apartment with a large living room (38" x 23", plus a dining area & kitchen). I am planning to have 2 different sitting areas given the size. Here is a picture of the floor-plan: https://ibb.co/J5szvj9
Everything is wood floors except on the blue squares where I plan to put carpet. I’ve been thinking of using omni-directional speakers (German Physiks Borderland) given the area is large and there are multiple listening locations. But I’d like to get some recommendations & also some ideas of where it would be best to place the speakers - so far my idea is to put them on the red circles.
My budget for speakers is ~$50,000.
Everything is wood floors except on the blue squares where I plan to put carpet. I’ve been thinking of using omni-directional speakers (German Physiks Borderland) given the area is large and there are multiple listening locations. But I’d like to get some recommendations & also some ideas of where it would be best to place the speakers - so far my idea is to put them on the red circles.
My budget for speakers is ~$50,000.
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Tekton https://www.tektondesign.com/# has some very good speakers that can fill up your room with sweet music. I have the Double Impact but I would love to own a pair of Encores |
Most of the money in multi-driver large speakers goes into cabinetry. HUGE savings are had when it is eliminated, like Magnepan, Sound Lab, etc I too have a large room 38 x 19 x 11 with open stairwells. In decades past I had Accoustat 2 + 2s, and Magnepan 3.5Rs (both open baffle). Due to them needing to be well away from the front wall, their physical size intrudes into the room, both really cut up the physical space, which I never liked My personal choice is for a speaker that has consistently won TAS Awards: Emerald Physics, specifically the 2.8s. Their newest version has dual 15" carbon fiber woofers and 12" carbon fiber mid range coax and DSP. Normally a bargain at $10K, but Underwood has a huge sale going on right now Another issue is the amplifier power needed to create a proper SPL in a large room. That can be really expensive, but here again is a real bargain: Tweak Audio EVS 1200 which is 600/1200 wpc using newest class D modules with lots of Pixie Dust, $2200 hth |
I have 25' x 25 'x 16' high open ended room. Found a pair of Dunlavy SC-V speakers. VERY large speakers, sealed back, no ports. Sound fantastic in my room. They are hard to find but worth the effort. They fill the room. I can generate 125 db with no sweat. Krell 400 cx amp. Whole system was less than $30k. Never heard anything like it. Dunlavy was a genius. |
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