No way! Dynaudio 1.3SE is a 'compact floorstander'!

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In Reply to: My suggestion. posted by Kyu on July 22, 2002 at 19:32:23:

Even I agree that Dynaudio 1.3SE is an excellent speaker (some people find it - arguably - somewhat lacking in emotion department though, but that's another story), I don't think it's a good recommendation for this particular situation.
My room's also small - 13x12x8, and I had many different speakers in my room over time, of both floorstanding and stand-mount variety.
Any speaker that extends below 45Hz (at -3db or less) is a problem in my room, which has a nasty double-mode at 45-48Hz or thereabouts.
This happened to (to name a few) Proac Response 1.5, JMR Offrande and Evolution 3 etc.
At the same time speakers with more modest bass extension, such as B&W N805, Cabasse Goelette, Sonus Faber Signum etc did not exhibit bass problems (apart from the perceived shortage of bass).
All Dynaudio speakers possess a great amount of bass despite their small size. I used to own a Contour 1.1 and even that little baby was bassy!
And I am very familiar with the 1.3SE which goes down to 35-40 Hz, AFAIK. I heard it once in a small bass-problematic room at dealer's (at this dealer's room virtually all speakers boom) and they sounded really boomy. At the same time, I heard the 1.3SE in a big and high-ceiling room and the bass control was phenomenal.
So, in regards to the 1.3SE I'd rather group them together with small floorstanders - bass-wise, rather than classify them as a typical 'bookshelf', which they are not.
BTW, I am in the similar position but at the other side of the fence.
I'm trying to find a suitable floorstander which would not boom in my room, if that's possible at all.
my $0.02
olpot

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Topic - Small rooms - mackkhan 09:56:24 07/22/02 (9)

Re: Small rooms - mackkhan 07:20:17 07/23/02 (0)

Bass tuning, etc. - Duke 21:35:52 07/22/02 (0)

Pro monitors are designed for nearfield listening - chuckd55 21:24:45 07/22/02 (0)

Small rooms - woodduck 19:41:34 07/22/02 (1)

I agree... - Lowrider 09:14:54 07/23/02 (0)

My suggestion. - Kyu 19:32:23 07/22/02 (2)

No way! Dynaudio 1.3SE is a 'compact floorstander'! - olpot 05:37:06 07/23/02 (1)

small-room bass solution? - Duke 11:18:58 07/23/02 (0)

Re: Small rooms - Frosty 16:29:37 07/22/02 (0)

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No way! Dynaudio 1.3SE is a 'compact floorstander'! - olpot 05:37:06 07/23/02 (1)

small-room bass solution? - Duke 11:18:58 07/23/02 (0)

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