Speakers for new room

The Super Linton by a kilometre @thegreenline 

Can you tell me what you liked about the Warfedale Super Liton's?
Have you listed to the Klipsch or the Zu Aduio?
I'm pretty sure I’ll be able to listen to the Zu Audio DW6/W later this summer. Hopefully the Warfedale as well

@thegreenline   My previous room was 13 x 19.  I had a pair of Focal Sopra ll that sounded great.  But then again, so did a pair of Acoustic Zen Crescendo Mark ll and a huge pair of SoundLab electrostatics.  Neither the Focals nor the Zens needed to be far off the wall.  The Zen, being a Transmission Line design, sounded very good close to the wall.  Brought both the Focal and Zens two years old and saved close to 50%.  For what it's worth.  Cheers.

The Wharfedale I have heard extensively in a very pragmatic audiophile's room.

He had them integrated well with his room and they sounded incredibly coherent. No glaring, no showroom sound (which may impress on first listen but become annoying later down the line)

Just effortless balance that lets the music shine. Big dispersion pattern means a lot of room involvement which lends itself to pretty expansive soundstage presentation

The Heresy IV I have demoed 4 times because I just wanted to understand why I wasn't hearing what people were. Overly brittle sounding, dispersion is lobby asf and there's not concise imaging locality (causing the images in the soundstage to move about in a non-cohesive way). The bass was also lacking especially in the kick drum fundamental. and the bass was a bit one note. Yes, they can play loud but playing loud terribly isn't what I consider good.

As for the Zu, one of the worst speakers I have ever heard. Gets super directional the higher you go. Speakers have strengths and weaknesses but I could not discern any strength from the Zu other than it being sensitive to voltage so I guess if your amplification is some low power tube amps you should be good. @thegreenline 

If you follow the speaker guidelines like the 1/3 or 1/5’s, to get good sound you will need to pull your speakers out from the wall much more than 2-3 feet. IMO, if you can’t save your money and get a couple bookshelf speakers 

Legacy Audio Signature's are designed to be closer to the front wall. They would fit well in that room. 

It would be helpful to know what your current speakers are. What you like or don't like about them. What you're looking to improve on. Your listening preferences, budget, and so on. 

But if you like the Wharfedale Lintons, you may want to add the Vandersteen 1ci's to your list of considerations. Buying gently used would obviously save you a few bucks and get you better performance than the Wharfies IMHO.

And you don't have to pull them way into the room, but if you can give them a foot or so, I think you'll be ok.  I also think they would be a good match with the rest of your electronics. 

I went from a large room like your old one to a 13.5’ x 22’ room. I ended up with Open baffles, reason is they can be placed close to the side walls due to their dispersion pattern and have less interaction with the side wall. I have mine, Tri-Art Audio Open 5 that are quite large, 5’ from the front wall (front of the baffle) and about 10” from the side walls with excellent results. Definitely have a look at OB’s or similar speakers for long narrow rooms.  

Another option is a speaker like the AudioNote’s AN line they are designed to be placed into the corners. Also sounds very nice.  

audionewbie,

I have AV123 Strata Mini front L & R speakers now.

Staying with Klipsch, Wharfedale and Zu Audio because they are what I can actually get a chance to listen to.

I’ll be interested to know your opinion on the Zu.  I have a pair of Union 6 and think they are wonderful.  What separates them from the Klipsch speakers I have listened to is their coherence and clarity. That’s the advantage of a full range driver.  It results in a speaker that disappears and lets you hear deeply into the recording.  I have not listened to the Dirty Weekend model but have heard that they are fun and forgiving speakers that don’t unlike the Union 6 which took a long time to bloom and open up. Take a look at the impulse measurements on Klipsch vs Zu.  Big difference in their time and phase accuracy.

Probably going to consider the Mofi source point 10.as well.