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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

RE: Big speakers + small room = Bad?

There's nothing inherently wrong with a big speaker in a small room, although

1. You will have gain below the room's fundamental resonance (about 1130 / longest dimension in feet / 2 with phase shift from the flexing walls high-pass function affecting the frequency). This won't be problematic with a big speaker that doesn't play low like a 2 cubic foot 95dB/1W/1 meter sealed box that's -3dB @ 80Hz. You can work around it electronically with a shelving high-pass filter. OTOH, if your religious beliefs dictate consumer speakers (where big implies low bass) and preclude dealing with such problems via a parametric equalizer you will have problems.

2. You want to sit far enough back to be out of the acoustic near field where more separation between sound sources increases the distance. If your big speaker has midrange + high frequency drivers close together this isn't an issue. If it's like a Dunlavy SC-IV you might run out of space backing up the speakers or listener (4' from either to the wall behind is a nice start to reduce bass issues).



Edits: 07/02/12 07/02/12 07/02/12

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