How to choose speakers that won't overpower your room?
I am considering buying new floor standing speakers to replace my kef reference ones stand mounts and I'm wondering how to avoid buying something that overpowers my room. My room is fairly small 12 1/2 by 11, And I listened at fairly low volumes mostly jazz and some rock.
I will use Sonus Faber as an example, I'm thinking the Olympica Nova 2 or Nova 3 might be a good fit and I also look at the Serafino, and think that would be very nice as well, but I have no idea if these would be too much for my room. They all look good on paper. And yes, I realize that I have to go listen to these speakers I've never even heard them before, but still auditioning them at a dealer or somewhere else is not the same as putting them in your small room. Are there any technical details or cue that would tell me whether or not the speaker might be too much for my room?
Bonus question I am going to AXPONA next week is there anything that I absolutely should hear when I am there?
I think the question should be "What is a good EQ to use when I find myself with too much bass?" The only limiting factor to how deep a speaker should go has to do with "room gain." That is, your speaker will usually end with more bass than it would if listened to outside. The question is what to do when it's too much. The simplest possible answer is that many EQ's and/or DSP systems will solve the problem of excess bass pretty convincingly. |
I use Olympica Nova 3 in a room about 13 by 13. Back of the speakers are 19 inches from the wall and sides 21 inches from wall. My head is about 7 1/2 feet from speakers. I listen up to about 80db. The sound stage is wall to wall and higher than the speakers. I listen to mostly classic which I don’t know how much depth the soundstage has. I can clearly tell when something is behind another. I don’t feel like anything is overpowering the room or me. |
I am intrigued my the concept of this small sub and the way the two drivers appear to be set up. Crutchfield is selling them for about $1500 . . . this is the first time I have ever priced them, is this a price increase, or is that what they have been priced at for a while? |
@erik_squires Wrote:
Great question! I use a White equalizer model 4100 see here or my systems page.
I agree! Mike |
