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Equipment setup

I have a reasonably sized listening room (8 1/2 feet by 12) but my stereo is in a nook by the windows which is 5 feet wide. I have Elac FS-247 speakers powered by Mcintosh MC501 monoblocks. The monoblocks are currently on the floor in front of the speakers. The problem I am trying to solve is that the speakers do not fill up the room like they did at the dealers. I feel this may have to do with my set up. I tried pulling the speakers out and pushing the monoblocks into the nook but this made it sound worse. The speakers are about 1 foot from the windows behind them, 6 inches from a side wall and 6 inches from the equipment rack which holds my turntable, cd player and preamp. Any suggestions as to what I can do?
Thanks in advance,
Saad
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rhljazz
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Your speaker/amp selection = total overkill for the size of the room. I looked up your speakers and they are big units and rated to 30hz anechoic, yikes! I don't believe you could stuff enough room treatment into that space to make a difference. Throwing money at cables will accomplish nothing.
It's time to start over with a much larger room or speakers and amp to match your current room. I have a small room 10x14 for my secondary system, speakers are matched to the room and amplifier to speakers, with virtually zero dollars invested in cables or room treatments, and it sounds fantastic.
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