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Consult the Cardas room setup page.

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In Reply to: RE: My room size is just about 200 sqft posted by Plinius_Fan on June 29, 2009 at 06:23:11

Dipole bass is sensitive to room wall and ceiling distances. See the simple formulas on the Cardas room setup page to calculate the most likely optimum locations for speakers in your room (separate formulas for box and Magnepan speakers). The predicted locations are good starting points for finding the optimum setup. It takes a lot of listening and moving the speakers (as little as a quarter of an inch!) to find the best blend of sound-stage and tonal balance.

If the calculated locations are not even close to being practical, then I would pass on speakers with dipole bass, such as Magnepans.

The 14 X 14 dimensions also worry me. The equal width and depth will cause overlapping resonance modes and make smooth bass difficult to achieve with any speakers. You may need to look into bass traps.
Cardas Insights; "Room Setup" (Open in New Window)

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