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I am worried because the drivers are so huge.
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IIRC, Wayne claims they are fine for smaller rooms and that this has been backed up by other users. The controlled directivity yet wide(ish) dispersion - not beaming - should ensure acceptable driver integration in your room. A wider than usual sweet spot is a bonus.
The bass is not deeply extended in the 4 Pis - Wayne likes an over-damped tuning - and should be fine in smaller rooms. It is a bonus that they are designed to work against walls and therefore do not take up much room space.
FWIW, I have a small room and will probably be going with 3 or 4 Pi Pros when the time comes.
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I have not heard the speakers in question. But I have a pair of Altec Valencias in a small room. I would gladely take six pairs and stack the whole wall.There is no such thing as too big speakers as far as I'm concerned.
Small speakers tend to have another problem. The Valencias you have placed up against the wall. Small speaks often need to be placed at a distance from the wall. So they actually make the room smaller.
Edits: 06/30/09
The large woofer is directional by the crossover point, and the horn, obviously, beams. This helps reduce room interaction, which is particularly beneficial in a small room, as long as you can sit far enough back for good driver integration (due to the relatively large center-center spacing)
Bass is supposed to sound big. 6.5" is not a woofer size.
Please note my dual status as reviewer and manufacturer. Take EVERYTHING I say with a grain of salt.
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should sound very nice!! What's the rest of the room dimensions? Mine are on a wall about 12' wide and I do most listening from about 8' away. 10' would let you have 'em 6 or 7' apart and still a little out of the corner. You could put 'em a little in or out of the corner if you need plus or minus few dB's of bass. I think pi's sound very good in smaller rooms, I also like line arrays, but I think they take a little more space in front of them to become coherent.
I listen on the long axis. There are no side walls and I can not reverse the listening axis. It is a loft/attic flat. One wall on the L axis slopes with the roof line across the entire width. The back wall is vertical, made of brick, and meets the center roof-line about 8 feet high.What are the dimensions and weight of these speakers and what do you do for stands? I saw some on cement blocks?
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I don't use stands. You might wanna, can serve as a fine-tuning. For music with louder electric bass, Ijust put a small piece of plywood under the front of the cab, just enough to break contact with a hardwood floor. For acoustic bass, classical music, I just leave them right on the floor. I have 9' ceilings, real plaster walls, and hardwood floors (old thick kind, house built in '30's), and some arched openings.
That's sweet. You should be in very good shape then. 4Pis would be a very nice choice.
Bass is supposed to sound big. 6.5" is not a woofer size.
Please note my dual status as reviewer and manufacturer. Take EVERYTHING I say with a grain of salt.
Most folks on this site would not consider a 15" speaker and a horn that is less than 15" wide to be "huge".
I have used similar speakers in small rooms and they sound OK.
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