Small space listening room


How many of you have grown tired of your equipment being out in the open for all hands (my grandbabies) to touch and just decided to use a small spare room to set up your (SERIOUS) listening space? Yeah I know small rooms aren't ideal, but I moved my stuff from the living room to a spare bedroom. I have a home theater set up in the living room and can also listen to music (as background filler) when the family or guests are over. But to do focused listening I've retreated. Except for the subwoofer, turntable and speakers, all other gear (power and headphone amps, computer, DAC, preamp and power conditioner) is tucked away in the closet. It's tight. My speakers and listening seat form a 6 and a half foot triangle in a 10 by 12 foot room. I thought things were good. Then I jumped on the Synergistic Research HFT and FEQx4 train and I'll never look back. An added bonus, I found if I temporarily remove HFT's from my speakers and place them on my headphones, they have the same effect on the cans as they do on the room, more spacious, focused and detailed. What's your small room listening experience?
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@jasonsim, by another level I mean the FEQx4 cleans up the sound. When I flip the switch the FEQ dials in all the HFT's and PHT's in my listening room making voices and instruments sound so natural. It's easier to differentiate 2 or more voices or instruments singing or playing the same note. Depending on the engineering, on some songs singers have their own space on the stage. I don't hear more details in every song but what I do hear is so clear. And if I listen to a whole album chances are 1 or 2 songs will blow me away with a more detailed sound stage which is also usually deeper and wider than my room. I'd say the FEQx4 would definitely be a worth while improvement.

@jmarshak, I have a self modded Sennheiser HD 800 and Hifiman HE 6se. And right now my speakers sound better than both of them. I haven't always been able to say that. I have a vision of adding ECT's to my TT, DAC, Phono Stage, Pre and Power Amps along with GCT's to the same. I'm so satisfied with what I have I'm hesitant to take that next step. Bottom line, I don't have the funds for a high or ultra high end HP system. I have temporarily taken HFT's from my speakers and put them on the headphones with some improvements, but I still prefer listening to my speakers. I hope when I add the ECT's and GCT's I'll be able to listen at a lower level, not that I'm blasting music now. Synergistic Research has hinted they'll be coming out with ECT's for headphones. Can't wait.

@rickytickytwo, add some Synergistic Research HFT's. For small or large rooms they can be placed and take up literally no space. Talking about BANG for your buck, these tiny babies will certainly give it. Don't just take my word for it, read up on some of the threads about them. Give them a try. If before 30 days you don't like it return it.
Every time I stumble upon a new thread that intrigues me @millercarbon was already there.

I discovered that the placement of the FEQ X4 is important. The sales person basically said it could go anywhere.  So, I had it placed in a corner section that mostly aimed itself at one speaker than the other.

I finally freed some space so that it could be placed in a position where it could cover both speakers equally, and I got even more performance out of it.