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Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room

I’d appreciate some advice on getting floorstanding speakers that don’t need to be placed too far into a room.


I want to upgrade my bookcase speakers and sub for floorstanding speakers but am worried my room might be too small. It’s 12ft wide, 9ft ceiling and 21ft long (we knocked two rooms into one when we bought the house). Due to furniture layout etc. I have my speakers positioned facing the length of the room. They can be 6ft apart but only about 1/2 to 3/4 of a foot from the wall behind. At some point in the future we’ll move but for now I’d need speakers that sound good close to the wall and this distance apart. They would be driven by a Rega Aura.

I’ve read good things about Spendors and Dynaudio, would either of these be suitable in this kind of space? And if I go for floorspeakers, presumably I can retire the sub (Rel T7).  

side22olto
tablejockey
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Firing the length is great-IF it were a dedicated space, and you could push the speakers out 6 feet and your seat is somewhere just off the middle of the room.

Reality, you're using a living space. Keep the sub for service. It will still handle the under 40Khz  bass which in real world conditions, is a floorstander starts to fall off.

Some will chime in with suggestions for wall friendly brands, though nothing replaces allowing the speaker to "breath" with plenty of space behind them.

side22olto OP
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Thanks for the advice. I read Spendor A7’s can sit 20-30cm from the wall so that would work (although I need to look into how close to each other they can be). As they’re 2 way, I’d need to keep the Rel.

russ69's avatar
russ69
3,518 posts
 

Most conventional loudspeakers will work near a wall, they just won't be ideal. Skip anything with a rear port. 

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yogiboy
5,701 posts
 

The Spendor will be fine. I doubt that you need a subwoofer with them! BTW, I have owned Spendor  floorstanders ( S8E ) with the same linear flow port design and had no problem when placed close to the wall!

kota1
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I use portable panels at the back of my room to treat an open door way, would recommend tring them as you can move them around as needed. IMO the panels are more important for a room than what speaker you pick:

 

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