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Overkill for small room

Hello all - long time lurker, first time poster. I've enjoyed reading so many of these posts, and I feel like I'm learning so much from you guys. Thank you for that.

I am strongly considering a pair of Dynaudio 20i - I am aware they require serious amplification - but I suspect that they'll be too much for a small room

Room specs: (11 wide by 14 long, normal ceiling height with acoustical tile, carpet tile covering one entire wall, wall-to-wall carpet on top of cement slab, no basement).

Am I nuts? 

Thank you in advance.

letshearit
milpai's avatar
milpai
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I have not heard this specific one, but heard the floor standers. At the same time I also heard the Special 40 from Dynaudio. These should be good speakers for the room size you mention. And you are correct - these might need an amplifier that is comfortable driving 4 ohms load. With such a amplifier, you might be able to listen to this speaker at moderate volumes without overpowering the room with bass.

Hope people who have direct experience with these speakers respond soon.

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audiotroy
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no they will work fine they have deep enough bass to sound full but not too deep to overload the room

 

we would recommend using an nad m33 amplifier which has dirac room correction, and very high current

 

use a goodset of stands and bring the speakers into the room.

 

Dave and troy

audio intellect NJ

nad dealer

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tony1954
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  1.  Whether you are nuts is irrelevant. The fact that you are asking questions on this site is all we need to know.
  2.  Why would they be "too much" for your room? Are you planning on turning it up to 11? Some speakers just need more oomph to really sing.
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