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Want to set up a 2 channel system in our great room. 17' wide by 35' long. There are two separate seating areas so not trying to fill the entire room. Planning to have the speakers near one of the long walls aiming across the short dimension with seating position about 12 feet from the speakers. Closest side wall would be about 5' from the left speaker and no side wall on the right. The front of the speakers could be up to 3 feet from the rear wall. Just for grins I've set up my old Rogers LS3/5/As (original 15ohm from 1977) with an old Audionics CC2 amp, Odyssey Tempest preamp and Ah Tjoeb CD player. Obviously no bass but otherwise not too shabby. Not really interested in adding a sub at this point but would be more interested in a more full range stand mounted monitor to keep an uncluttered look as this is a living and entertaining area for us. Would like to stay under $1500. I've been out of the audio loop for a while but in I've read about the LSA monitors and the Vapor Breeze. No chance to audition these but wonder if anyone has an idea of how they might work in this sort of space? Any other ideas welcome. Should mention that music interests are wide ranging jazz, classical and some rock. Thanks, Jim
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Thanks to all for the replies. Will likely try a small floor standing speaker under 40" tall. Perhaps the LSA-2. Hesitant to purchase without audition but there's not much to audition in St. Louis anymore.
Thanks again, Jim
That's a very big listening area for any standmount to fill in the bass. Its just not physically possible. You would need to go towers or floor models or augment any standmount you choose with a sub.
Actually, there are standmounts with enough bass to do the job. I can't think of any costing less than $1500, though...
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n.t.
... like the Harbeth M 40.1 might do the trick. But it's like I said, not for $1500...
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Heck, I'd use these!easy to place in any position. One heck of a flexible and forgiving speaker when it comes to matching amps - sounds good with anything. and a smallish profile as compared to monster sized towers.
They work for me.
charles
Edits: 10/06/14
Thanks for all of the responses so far. Realizing that the space is quite large, my wife has agreed to a medium sized floor standing speaker as recommended above. Not sure what medium size really means, but perhaps, less than 40" in height. What recommendations in that case? Trying still to keep at $1500 or under as I suspect I will need to upgrade amplification.
Appreciate the advice so far. Jim
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I have a friend who owns Golden Ear Triton Seven speakers and they sound pretty good. Check them out at the link below. They run $1400 a pair.
I would suggest the Tekton Lore. Or if you can stretch your budget a bit, the Enzo.
Oz
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
Might be good for your application
That is a very big room and a monitor is not going to give you a full range sound. And that open floor plan will be problematic too in regards to imaging.
Since a medium sized tower isn't going to take up any more space than a small speaker on a stand, that is where I would look.
Oz
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
If the speakers were moved to the short wall nearer to two corners of the room , the boundary reinforcment scenario could be a good one for small speakers.
I like the idea of short wall placement. However, I still would rather see something that can move some air in a room that size.
Oz
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
.., and because near-wall placement is one of the only ways to get deep bass from a mini-monitor system (sans subwoofer), it would make sense to look at compact speakers designed with near-wall placement in mind. Two relatively affordable examples of this genre of loudspeakers come from Sjofn HiFi and Guru Audio.Check these speakers out, but remember that setup procedures for speakers like these must be followed *exactly* in order to reap the extended frequency response advertised...
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Thanks. Not heard of these but will look into them.
Jim
The most highly reviewed I've come across(but havent heard) is the KEF 50S. Ecstatic reviews and priced at $1500.00
and imo the kef ls50 is completely overated and definitely not suitable for a huge space.OP, you have a huge space, you need a speaker that can move some air. I doubt you will be satisfied with a 5 incher. And a sub do not replace the mid bass quality of a bigger woofer.
I havent heard enough speaker to recommend a 1500$ floorstander though. the price is the limiting factor here.
if your diy incline, the http://www.pispeakers.com/Prices.html pi4 speaker would be perfect for your room, would sound really good and probably be the bset you can do with your budget.
Diyhifisupply crescendo system is also in your price range if you just get the speakers and add a subwoofer later on.
In commercial speakers, I think you will have to loook at a lot of offering in the used market, ect.
Edits: 10/07/14
Most reviewers state that the LS50 sounds better away from the walls and corners and also that it requires a subwoofer if you want really deep bass. You can place them near a wall but they may not sound as good as speaker designed to be used within a few inches of the wall behind them.
In any case, I don't think that the LS50 can do without a subwoofer as easily as a properly set up pair of Sjofn "The Clue" speakers can. If I had a pair of LS50s and was forced to place them very close to the walls, I would certainly prefer to route all of the bass below 100 hz. to a dedicated subwoofer system so that some sort of bass equalization can be applied.
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