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Joseph Audio Pulsars with REL Sub or Perspectives in 11x11 Room?

I am a big Joseph Audio fan since the RM22's . . . Always have loved the house sound.  I am currently running Pulsars on Sound Anchor stands with a REL Storm sub in a small listening room; only 11 x 11 x 11.  I have an opportunity to upgrade to a set of Perspectives.  Can any of you Perspective owners give me some quick thoughts on whether the Perspectives would be too much for such a small listening room?  The loudest that I really listen to them is measured at about 86db at my chair, very rarely more than 90 db.  I run them with a PrimaLuna Dialogue HP (75 watts) or a Plinius SA100 MK III.  Some quick input would be appreciated!
moto_man
djones51
4,947 posts
 
Never heard the Pulsars but I would think coherence. I don't have an ideal room either. I have done what treatments I could then got an Anthem STR using room correction which Softened the bass is the most noticeable improvement, I am not a fan of boomy bass. 
moto_man OP
390 posts
 
@prof, you mention having the Perspectives "well off the walls."  I am pretty limited to placing them about 2 ft. max off the walls, which puts me about 8 feet from them, max.  Do they need to be farther away from the walls?
prof
3,491 posts
 
moto man,
My perspectives tend to be about 3 3/4 feet from the back of the speaker to the wall behind them.   Left speaker about 2 feet off the side wall, the other speaker near a room opening.
I haven't played with the speakers much closer to the back wall because I have a bit of an unusual room demands that forbids such placement as permanent (the right speaker is near the room entrance and placing the speaker closer to it's back wall actually puts it in the pathway of entering the room.  In this case this "limitation" works out fine as most speakers work really well in the room at that distance from the  walls.
djones51
4,947 posts
 
Mine are about 2 feet off the wall with 2'x4' 2inch thick absorption panels behind. 
rlb61
792 posts
 
I've got a 10x9x8 room, and am using JA Pulsars on Sound Anchors stands with a JL Audio e110 subwoofer. Jeff Joseph set up the speakers in my room personally. When I asked him whether the Perspectives would be a better fit, he was adamant that the Perspectives would overload a small room and he felt that the Pulsars would be perfect. Jeff was right! He could have sold me the more expensive Perspectives, but he's a man of integrity and wanted me to have the best sound for my application. I would stick with the Pulsars ... I'm very pleased with mine.
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