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Speakers for the real world. Placement problems.

I am currently looking to get a speaker in the mid-tower region with nothing smaller than a 10" woofer even Dual 10" is better.
Must produce big soundstage and Low Freq.BASS on their own and Have the battle tank build quality. Cannot get away with any subwoofers at this point so that is why those attributes are very important and the most Important is VERY FORGIVING ON ROOM PLACEMENT!!! They will be in a 14' x 18' Space and several little obstacles with door placements and what not. So I kind of have to throw the 1/3 rules in stereo imaging out the window(pun intended). Goal is filling the room with good full sound. I guess a pretty efficient speaker would be a fine idea, maybe 92db and above. $2000 used is the limit. Currently running the Odyssey amp 150watt per channnel and an Audio research pure tube pre-amp 1960's amperex tubes, all equipment and cables built within the last 5 years. I'm not too interested in the Ear bleeders like cheaper Klipsch I prefer big power and sound with very smooth midrange and highs even at higher power levels. Mostly Rock and Pink floyd
big stadium kind of stuff listened to ALMOST always on VINYL. Thanks Guys and Girls!
matrix

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matrix OP
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well with the placement it will be forcing one of the speakers slightly closer to a sidwall by about a foot or so on one side, and then there will be a door in between them but not too close to either speaker, they will be approximatley 10 ft apart.
matrix OP
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maybe 15-18"s from the back wall, listener position about 9-10' could very depending on size of speaker and furniture position.
matrix OP
305 posts
 
A wide sweet spot, Good bass Audiokinesis, I heard The meadowlark herons today and they are incredible build and sound but again outside the price range. They use pretty basic drivers, dual 6" about a 4" midrange and 3/4 tweet, not to exotic of drivers by no means but I think all the money is in the cabinets and crossovers, they are very impressive and I believe they are transmission line type. Anything out there even comparable? I would like to hear the Legacy Signature III which seem like a whole lot of speaker for the money, but that maybe a bad thing I dont know, finding a pair to listen to will be a chore. My worries audiokinesis is that I will have a semi-unconventional listening space, not too bad but I will be dealing with partition wall and doorways so not everything can be set up symetrically. Thanks for the info I am still doing the homework so keep the suggestions coming.
matrix OP
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Oh, by the way a few years ago I had a pair of Definitive technology towers which were transmission line Di-pole or Bi-pole I don't remember, anyway they were of good build quality and seemed like a really good design with 2 6.5" drivers in the front and 2 6.5" drivers in the back, and of course one tweet on each side, they were very strange sounding to say the least and I'm sure it had something to do with the backward fireing drivers because every speaker I ever hear with a tweeter or whatever fireing back I never liked, especially the ones with the volume(L-pad) built in. I would just turn them all the way down so not to hear the rear driver. Anyway I guess they would be great for rears in a home theater but not for Stereo imaging. Oh well. Thats why the meadowlarks shocked me because I never hear a real good transmision line before.
matrix OP
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Unsound, Why would the impeadance load be a problem? I just do not understand the statement is all, what should I be looking for in impeadance and are you talking about the amp? What do you like about it. Thanks
matrix OP
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I do realize that perfection cannot be had at any price point, But I have heard several Very expensive speakers that have made me think that it is not so much about how much money is spent but the true synergy of the complete system. It is not possible to audition every speaker out their and definatley not possible to keep switching electronics to match a speaker every time you find a missing link. The main thing is less waisting time Searching for these products and Listening to music. My senario is a tuff one that Is why I came to the best of the best, AUDIOGON AUDIOPHILES, Any info is always appreciated.
matrix OP
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Have you guys any experiance with the tyler acoustics line. They look very good for the money, I like the design of the Addison A212, I have read that the Linbrook monitors throw possibly the largest soundstage known in any dynamic speaker only being bested by the Avantgardes which are horn and very expensive, and I have personally heard the avantgardes and Have never heard anything near the sound they put out.
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