Michael Fremer's system

Odd that MF ears are so golden he can hear huge differences in gear and even ordinary bits of wire but the clutter in his room apparently doesn’t matter. I guess he hears only what he believes. Perhaps there is no money in promoting room acoustics so it isnt a focus?

+1 Douglas

There is no doubt that provided you can get enough distance away from a large three way for driver integration and still have at least 3 feet behind the listener to any wall then the bigger more dynamic speaker is going to be better!

The only issue with small rooms and big speakers is the bass. Too many big Wilsons, B&W, Focal and countless others have a big bass hump which sounds awful in a small room. Also there is a natural bass boost from the roo  below 60HZ - so a 6 db per octave roll off usually is better than flat or boosted bass hump.

The space looks small and cluttered. No doubt great analog gear as that is his consuming passion. However I much prefer Mike Lavigne's setup which is in another league.   Nevertheless darn impressive!