Speakers for a “cold” room

Audiotroy, did someone drop a Tympany 3 on your foot? Did you have a nightmare about getting folded up in one? Your description of the sound of dipole planar speaker does not match the reality of properly set up ones. My guess is that you probably make more money selling other stuff or  do not know how to set up these speakers correctly. Frankly I think you have nothing to offer this site but distortion and I wish you would sell your stuff elsewhere.

Very Sincerely,
Mke

Hi mlapenta, before turning your room into a ragamuffin I suggest you go listen to a pair of Magnapan 3.7i's. Dipole loudspeakers have one very major advantage over standard boxed speakers. They send very little sound to the sides, up or down. Standard speakers bounce sound off of everything, dipole line sources do not. The only room treatment you will need is some damping on the front wall right behind the speakers. You can add subs down the line. If you are into fine detail the Magnepans have arguably the best tweeter ever made. Since you have a squarish room you will have a standing wave problem in the bass. You could use multiple subs like many in this forum suggest or just move your listening position back and forth a few feet till you get the bass right. In just a few feet you will go from no bass to too much bass.