Which speakers to get for a Very Large Room.

Hi Guys, Sorry about the typo, of course it's bass. It was a tough day yesterday and I may have had one too many glasses of wine last night before starting this thread.I should add a couple of things to my original post.

My budget is around $4500 - $5000.00 although I could stretch that a bit. My room volume is large but my listening area is somewhat near field. The front speaker wall is 16' across and I sit about 10' from the front of my speakers. The ceiling is still 17' and no back wall. I also cannot move my speakers more than 2' from the back wall as they get too close to the end of my couches. One of the reasons I was looking for more efficient speakers Atmasphere is I was considering buying your m-60s down the road. My concern with horn speakers is my room is very lively with tile floors and a lot of glass. I didn’t bring this up because I want to keep room treatment off the table, I do have some. At times I listen at high spls and one of my concerns is how well efficient speakers can do this? Thanks again for everyone’s help.

Greg

This may be Much Ado About Nothing. I don't imagine you are going to place your speakers along the 22 foot wall and in about 3 feet from each side.

I suspect you will place them about 9 feet apart and set up your listening area about 9 feet back from the speakers. Go for the resolution you are looking for along with a clean and pure presentation. I wouldn't suggest monitor speakers but a good speaker with an 8" woofer or two should be fine. To accommodate your large room augment your speakers with a good sub woofer that you can adjust both volume and response, this way you can have your cake and eat it, (or listen) too.
Big speakers can really sound muddy and bloated and not as revealing.

Marakanetz, I am unaware of either an Aerial 9B or 12T. Their newest speakers to my understanding are the upgraded 7B, now called a 7T (total facelift/upgrade), and the 20T V2. They also have an SW12 subwoofer. Do you have information about new Aerial speakers?

It's 20t. 9B is actually quite long time on the market and it's still their largest speaker.

Looks like used 9b would do the trick. They spec to 140db SPL.