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Speaker for ambient music in large room with vaulted ceilings?

Hi all, I have a living room with high ceilings that is ~14ft wide x 20ft long x 20ft high, and opens up into different rooms in the house. I'm looking for a speaker on which we could play music on (via Bluetooth or Aux) that could fill the space well. We'd be typically walking around or in and out of the room, so no need for stereo pair or a sophisticated setup. Listening mostly to instrumental or vocals. We have an old Bose Wave system (I know), so most anything would be an improvement. Appreciate your thoughts!

redviolet

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redviolet OP
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Totally right, I mean background music.  Budget < 1k.

redviolet OP
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In case this helps someone later, I wound up trying out several speakers and settling on the Bowers & Wilkins Wedge.  I also tried the Clear Crescent, Marshall Woburn 2, B&W Zeppelin,  and Sonos 5 (in descending order of an preference). 

 

The Wedge did the best job in distributing the sound in the room, played loud without any distortion, had great and clear highs and mids, and a great form factor.  The Zeppelin was similar without as much dispersion of sound and slightly more difficulty with clarity and loud volume.  The Crescent was better than the Zepplin and almost as good as the Wedge, but lacked some clarity and did best when you were right in front of the speaker.  Similarly the Woburn 2 sounded great, but you had to be right in front.  The Sonos 5 was disappointing in most categories. 

 

 

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