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Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers?

I just moved into a house in which my listening room will be about 35 x 35 with 17-foot ceilings, with double-story double-pane glass windows on two sides. I will be running a Luxman 509u intergrated amp, a Sony XA777ES, and a Luxman PD371 with a Miyajima Shilabe. Cables are a mix of old Nordost Valhala and newer Kubala-Sosna Emotion. I know it all seems fragmented but I just moved back to the US after a decade living in Tokyo so these are bits and pieces assembled over there.

I am considering a variety of used speakers that can be purchased for 10-20k, namely the Revel Ultima Salons 2s, Rockport Mira Grand II, Aerial Accoustics 20T (I should mention I had 10Ts in the 90s and loved them) and YG Anat Studio II.

I'd love any thoughts on which speakers would perform best in the room given it's size and reflectivity, and given my rather odd electronics. Thanks very much for your advice!
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sarcher30
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If you own the house and your wife does not mind you would be better off building a room within that room. You certainly have enough space.
ngjockey
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How far will the speakers be from the back wall?

If 4' or more, I saw some used Genesis 200's (dipole hybrids) listed but they have the older-style Carver ribbons. Serenity Acoustics is a brand new venture that displayed at RMAF with the OB/servo sub Super 7's but I don't think they even have a website yet.

How far from the speakers would be your listening position?

If more than 15', maybe line arrays like http://angelcityaudio.com/products/gr-research/
Saw some used LS9's listed on audiocircle.

Don't under-estimate that Luxman.
audiooracle
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you need giant speakers most of the products mentioned can not fill a room of that size sufficiently, and it is not a matter of just efficiency it is of bass response and the ability to move a huge column of air, other issues will be of limiting echo and reflection.

A pair of Maxx or other similar sized speakers will do it.

The Salons, Aerials, are not big enough. The Avante Gardes are a good but can sound shouty and are super fussy.

Salks won't do it either, Tyler you can never hear and have O resale value, as with other home brew speaker companies.

The Classic speakers don't have the resolution.
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dave_b
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Yeah, I tend to agree with the idea that if your seriously sticking with that gear?....well, don't bother going down the road with that speaker list! To truly eek out the performance from them you will need tons of cash beyond just the speakers to make them sing properly. Serious;y, look into the JBL arrays perhaps for some ass kicking fun with the power you have now.
rsimms
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Audiooracle, I agree that a lot of the speakers won’t be able to fill a large room, but I don’t think the Salks are in that category. At the 2010 RMAF the Salks were in the Iris ballroom. Steve Stone of TAS said they were the best sound of the show and they were playing a lot of orchestral music.

Bob
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