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I have a living room in apartment with listening space of 4m (from listening coach to front wall where speaker stands) x 6m wide with the height of 3m.  I am planning to purchase a 2nd hand Dynaudio Contour 3.3. But I am afraid that such kind of not so large space, the bass might cause standing waves which make bass unclear or vibrating the floor which cause down floor inhabitants complain.  Do you have any idea for my condition? Or should  I buy a smaller one such as Contour 1.8 MK II? Tks. in advance.  
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lowrider57
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Nice speakers, but may be too much for your room. Possibly may work with the proper acoustic treatments.
Read the review, his room is larger than yours..

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/262/#j68wmTDzE8SOoS3F.97
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lowrider57
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You have a good sized room, but I agree with gs556. You may not get the best bass response.
From the review, another situation...

"Had I been able, I would have preferred sitting even farther from the speakers. At 11’, I felt as if I was looking up onto the soundstage, which manifested itself several feet above the floor. This didn’t seem at all unnatural, but I suspect that if I could have sat a little farther back from the tweeter, which is mounted 43" from the floor, the soundstage would have appeared even lower."

I liked these speakers very much when I auditioned them in a very well treated room, so with that said, if you can get a good deal it’s worth trying them. 
Terrific imaging, you may need to play with position to get deep bass.
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