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Is my room big enough for the Harbeth HL5's?

My room is 12 ft. x 15 ft. with 8 ft. ceilings. I do have corner bass traps and absorbent panels on the side walls for the first reflection point. I own the 7es3 right now and they work very well in this room.
The problem is this. I heard the hl5's at Fidelis this weekend in a room a little larger than mine and fell in love right away with the hl5's. I am currently using a Bryston 4bsst (which I will probably be selling soon for a warmer amp. I am also using a DeHavilland Ultraverve lll which I love. I will most likely buy the hl5's. Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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johsti
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"By my reading nobody has said that the OP's room is too small for either speaker."

The room is not too small. Alan Shaw designed the SHL5 in a smaller room than what the OP has to work with.

pubul57
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OP, your room is no problem. Which will you like better? The room is not part of the answer to that - they will both function very well with your room. Are you asking something besides that? or you just wanted to know about the speaker/room interface?
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johsti
102 posts
 
I misread Dodgealum's post that I quoted. I thought he was saying the room was too small and clearly that wasn't the case.
albireo13
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Bring them home and compare them. I believe Fidelus has a home-audition policy where you can try-before-buy.

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