I’ll keep it short... what works for me in my 8 x 12 room. Two "tricks" that made all the difference:
1. Turn down the bass (a lot.. below 150 hz or so) in one speaker only. this reduces the boom effect caused by close room corners in your small room. Bass is non-directional and will sound so much cleaner. (less corner effect, fewer phase problems in small rooms). Try it!
2. Judicious use of a separate channel equalizer. Necessary to reduce inevitable upper midrange peaks (shrill) exacerbated by close-in walls, even with treatment (especially at higher volume levels) as well as provide the bass control mentioned above.
A smaller room can cause greater differences than amplifier and even speaker selection as you know. Let me know how it works for you!
1. Turn down the bass (a lot.. below 150 hz or so) in one speaker only. this reduces the boom effect caused by close room corners in your small room. Bass is non-directional and will sound so much cleaner. (less corner effect, fewer phase problems in small rooms). Try it!
2. Judicious use of a separate channel equalizer. Necessary to reduce inevitable upper midrange peaks (shrill) exacerbated by close-in walls, even with treatment (especially at higher volume levels) as well as provide the bass control mentioned above.
A smaller room can cause greater differences than amplifier and even speaker selection as you know. Let me know how it works for you!