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Speaker suggestions for less than ideal accoustics

I live in a lovely timber frame home that works well for our lifestyle but presents challenges when trying to create a good audio listening environment. My great room has a wall of windows, tile floors (radiant heat), a large stone fireplace,28' ceiling peak, open to a loft area and open to the kitchen/dining area. The space is approx 1000 sq ft. I have listened in stores to some nice speakers (JM labs 816s, Def Tech 7004, Paradigm studio 100s, PSB T55,) but I know none of them will sound the same in my great room. Anyone ever faced this challenge and know if certain qualities in speaker designs lend themselves to this? I have learned a lot from this forum and wish there were more places to hear some of the equipment mentioned. BTW,this is for music listening only. Home theatre will have its own dedicated room in the basement where things can be built to suit
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rackon
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I have a large room with a wall of glass (19x39x9) and have truly enjoyed my full range Alon V MkIIs in that room. The flooring is wool carpet over tile. I have drapes I can pull over the windows.

I found dipoles sounded superb in this room. I would heartily recommend very dynamic dipoles like Alon/Nola or wide dispersion spekaers like Ohms or Shahinians, or possibly planars (you may need to augment some planars with subs).

I had a client with a similar type of room as yours (post & beam construction, open plan, tall ceiling, glass etc.) and his Apogee Divas sounded better in that room than they did in his former home where he had a room specially constructed for them.

I travelled to be able to audition what I was interested in. Try it - you may like it.
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