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Big speakers + small room = Bad?

Posted by Raymond Leggs on June 28, 2012 at 14:37:27:

Depending on the definition of big, I'm not talking VOTT I'm talking Generic, typical tall fat black old school tower with 2 "12" drivers, Dome tweeter midrange, about a foot deep. your average cliche "too big" speakers, heck a lot of normal sized modern towers are considered to big even for a spacious room.

I always wondered why people including self proclaimed "speaker lovers" whinge at the notion of a large loudspeaker in an average, to small sixed room. I'm not talking New-york crackerbox apartment sized. Thats too small even for a pair of HMP 40's

I scoured the net and found a thread about "speaker porn" and someone made a post the quote is below.

"Large Tannoys are owned by many music lovers whereas many "audiophiles" own pathetic little speakerettes that fail spectacularly to get the essence of much music across. But they often image well"

I do agree that a lot of small stanmounts do indeed have great imaging but, more often than not they lack the Aplomb and visceral impact needed for dynamic and complex music like rock and gigantic symphonic orchestras.

A subwoofer can substitute for the lack of bass in a loudspeaker, but more often than not subwoofers often are just as vulnerable to room problems and port noise/wooly bass as a big pair of louspeakers..

The question is what exacly is the deal with.. big speakers and smaller rooms.. Even a Decent looking/sounding set and a non-clutterd enviroment.

I admit I have a ton of stuff in my room about 170 CDs 1500 DVD's etc. and I am moving to another house with the family in a bigger city. they are scouting a house with big closets and big bedrooms we're decluttering as we go.

I'm in the mood for a second pair of big speskers, I love big beefy speakers and I won't back down, no matter what I'm aftraid if I get a girlfreind she'll make me get rid of big speakers and stuff and I'll have to buy smaller speakers with too many highs. (I'm an idiot)

I like my rock music loud.