Large Speakers Small Rooms

What do you mean by "large" floorstander? Is any floorstander considered large? Is there a cone diameter, say 8" or above that you consider large? i have floorstanding speakers with a footprint of 7.5Wx 10D that I wouldn't consider large. What do you consider a small room? Just asking for a little more info.

My room is 12'10"L X 9'10"W X 8'H with rug over concrete sheetrock walls and popcorn ceiling. I am using Spendors 1/2 with an EL-34 50 watt amp (see my system), but have always wondered what floorstanders could do in this particular room which is very lively.

im running klipschorns & klipsch cornwalls & a passive klipsch sub in a room thats 18x20 with 300 watts to the cornwalls, 200 watts to the khorns,120 watts to the sub.

i love it,i cant imagine ever using anything other than large floor standers,getting ready to replace the cornwalls with a pair of mcintosh xrt22s i just bought.

imho you cant get the same sound from a pair of small speakers as you can with the big boys.

try it & you will love it.

mike.

Yes Bigjoe I agree about big sound coming from big speakers but if you have a small room like mine... Well it would just overload the room. I'm interested in members that have floorstanders in small rooms and how well they play in those small rooms. Thanks.