Speaker Selection with "difficult" room


Newbie here. Looking for recommendations regarding speakers for a 23ft by 17ft room with 1926 concrete stucco walls, oak wood floors, French windows on one side and dining room on the other side. I realize this is the challenge from hell but don't want to get into equipment from which I cannot get optimal performance due to the poor acoustics of this room. Any suggestions are appreciated regarding speakers and/or power processing.
joe22ny1

Showing 1 response by meiwan

A few thoughts....

You might want to go with a speaker with a soft dome tweeter (ie., a slightly rolled off top end). It will be tough for you to control the high frequencies in that room, so anything 'brightish' will be hard on the ears.

You definitely need a floor stander to fill the room, but I'd be inclined to re-look at the Onkyo, you'll need a tight grip on the bottom end to keep it in check. So maybe something with some really high quality power (100wpc+), and a fairly efficient speaker.

Tons of choices on specific brands, really a personal preference.