Sometimes Less is More?


I have a 12x12 sunroom with cathedral ceiling, tile floor, and windows on three sides.

It is by far the hardest room in my house acoustically.

I find less is more in this room. Small Triangle Titus monitors that only go down to 50 some hz or so seem to do best in there. Other speakers I use in there that extend lower tend to overpower the room resulting in fat obscuring bass.

So I am of the opinion that sometimes less is more, even in high end audio.

How about you?
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one year i visited ces, and magnepan introduced the mg 20. it was displayed in a smallish hotel room at the golden nuggest.

obviously, the speaker needs space.

still, the sound was wonderful.

yes, there waas room for improvement, but i think, it is hard to ruin the sound of a great speaker, unless there are some unusual component mismatches, which can be avoided, or a really bad room.

if i like a speaker, i'll try to make it work, under less-than ideal room conditions,, because, i may prefer that speaker in the "wrong" room in comparison to other speakers set up reasonably well.

if i have a favorite speaker, i won't settle for another.
i think sometimes more is less.

what do i mean ?

more components and tweaks sometimes degade the sound.