how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room?


the ceiling is 8 ft but a side wall has a 6ft opening to a 25 x 15 living room. the speakers would be in the 11 x 11 room. I like the Elipsas though the bass seems as though it may be too heavy in a room this size.....same for the Revel Salon2s.....i listen to jazz vinyl through Mac electronics.....
jedhartman

Showing 1 response by rhyno

it is only the bass response of the speaker that will cause problems, so if you're willing to do either of the following, it will greatly expand your options and ability to get a larger speaker to sound good in that room:
1) room treatments (bass traps in corners, all the way to the ceiling)
2) Rives Audio PARC (an eq for bass frequencies) or similar type product (Tact, etc)

if your budget is flexible, buy a larger speaker & have the room measured after setting up. determine where the nodes are, and address using either 1 or 2 above. the PARC is quite flexible and will remove room nodes where you have too much bass by targeting specific frequencies.

you will have too much bass in that room unless you address it. just dont be a passive victim; work for good sound, and you can definitely get it, using full size speakers in there.

(my room is 11*15 and i use Wilson WPs in it w/ no trouble, but take a look at my system pics---room treatments everywhere. if i did not have the ability to have room treatments everywhere, i'd have the PARC. if i had neither, it would sound terrible, which i know from experience).