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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
That is enough room for a 3.x
I always suggest people get one size up from the consensus recommendation for their room. Getting less out of your speaker is easy, getting more is hard.
3 ft is more than enough if your room is not walled in masonry. If it is, a couple of full size bookcases loaded with records CDs books, part empty boxes and bric-brac will do the job. Then 2 feet should do.
The big improvement in dynamics comes from taking out the bass crossover and biamping with an active crossover. An Arc welding type amp from the pro audio realm will do well on the bass panel without hurting your midrange magic.
Eventually, a wood frame project is reportedly goes a good long way to improve bass and overall dynamics even further.
Finally, for good old 70s rock, there is the ...gasp... EXPANDER. You can get one from most pro audio shops or get a venerable dbx unit off of ebay. When used conservatively, they sound very good - as good as dolby C recorded tapes do relative to non dolby C. Many of these recordings were heavily compressed when the bands made it big and signed up with a record label that marketed them like cheap toothpaste. It had to sound "good" on the boombox. Fortunately, post Walkman/Discman recordings were not that badly treated.
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