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RE: Klaus: "It looks as if there is no straightforward answer."

Posted by David Aiken (A) on May 18, 2011 at 00:44:14

In Reply to: Klaus: "It looks as if there is no straightforward answer." posted by genungo on May 17, 2011 at 21:09:20:

I wasn't trying to suggest that a change to a larger room would automatically require a change to larger speakers but I do feel that if you swap to a room that is sufficiently larger than your previous room, a change in speakers will be required. You may be able to increase room size by a factor of 2 or 3 without needing to change speakers but I doubt you could increase room size by a factor of 10 or 20 without doing so. If you start increasing room size, at some point I do think you're going to have to change speakers but where that point will be is going to depend on your speakers and how big the increase in room size is.

Even if you don't need to change speakers, I do think you may notice changes in the sound. In my case, moving from a room of approximately 22.5 sq metres to one of a bit under 30 sq. metres, a 33% increase, produced much better sound with the same speakers. In the previous room I was forced to have them closer to the room boundaries than recommended and the move to a larger room was definitely beneficial but I don't think I could have moved to a room of 200 sq metres and found that my speakers worked well with the larger room.

I suspect that most of the time budget constraints tend to ensure that any move to a larger room is not a move to a room that is so much larger than the old one that our existing speakers become totally inadequate, but "most of the time" isn't the same as "all of the time".





David Aiken

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