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Help with a system for a guy into electronic music

Hey guys, I've been reading some different threads on here, and it's been really helpful, but I just wanted to get a little advice. I'm a big electronic music guy, love trance, progressive house, progressive breaks, cinematic breaks, some dub. I've been doing some research, testing things out and I've come up with this package:

1. Dynaudio Focus 160
2. Simaudio Moon 340i w/DAC, XLR & Phono
3. 2 x JL Audio f113's.

The system will be going in my living room, up against a drywall. The ceilings are 10ft, and concrete. The dimensions of the room are 18x21. Unfortunatley the living room is on the corner of the building, which means two of the walls are all windows (8ft windows)--trying to find thick curtains to help with this.

Do you think this package will work will? Would you recommend I try something different?
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roscoeiii
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Another Chicagoan? All right.

I think that you will want to figure how how forward or laid back you want your speaker to be. A more forward speaker can be a bit fatiguing, but also pretty exciting. Zu for example would be a forward speaker. Klipsches would be another example.

My Von Schwiekert VR-4s would be an example of a more laid back speaker. Still great detail, but a different presentation.
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roscoeiii
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Pretty sure it has been mentioned above, but with subwoofers intergration with your mains can be difficult. This is more tricky in some set-ups than others (planars + subs, for example). But the trick is to get a seamless handoff to the sub. Just like between the drivers of mains, the handoff is an area that requires great skill. Only with subs, you are getting drivers not chosen by the designers of your mains in most cases. So search out subs that can integrate nicely. The RELs have a good reputation for this using their speaker-level inputs. And there are a number of subs with DSP capabilities, that might be great choices. Or there are outboard DSP devices (either full-range or designed for subs only) that can also help with the handoff (and mitigate things like room effects to boot).

You are getting a lot of great advice here. You should feel lucky to have Al and Duke (Audiokinesis) on the job.
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