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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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tmsorosk
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Revel F15 is that a new model? The F12 with two little 8" woofers work fine in a small room. Heard them once in the smallest show room I've been in, great sound for a mini system.
tmsorosk
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Sometimes less is more, more or less. We also find that the little system at the lake, ( Jadis front end Red Rose speakers ) can have something special. It is give and take, the smaller system has a certain magic, the big rig has impact and detail. Which do we prefer, usually the one we are listening to.
tmsorosk
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Kbark. I don't think the size of the low frequency drivers are the only thing to consider when your choosing a speaker for a small room. When we were having our new house built, I had to temporarily setup my system in a tiny untreated room, including some fairly large Revel Salon one's. These speakers are well known for there neutral nature, Many of my audiophile friends laughed on sight, but stopped laughing when they heard the sound. Only on disc's with over abundant bass was there a problem and leaving a door open to the room helped there. Many of the smaller speakers I've owned were voiced to have big bass but we all know by now how that works out.
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