Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms

@audiokinesis ,

That reminds me of the scene from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, where Brad Pitt (a stuntman) and Bruce Lee have this exchange that leads to something similar. Definitely worth seeing just for that moment alone. 

It's rare that a scene can make me laugh out loud, twice.

All the best,
Nonoise

My room is decent till about 80 hz and then I struggle with bass. I was able to get flat measured response to 20 hz when I carted my dipole? Mirage sub with a 12” driver on opposite sides then all the duct work in my basement listening room started rattling behind the drywall. Gone. The solution for the bass null in my room was trying speakers with different alignment, side firing, rear ported, etc. My kef r107/2 had all the bass emit from an opening at the top of the bass bin right in front of the head unit and I really got great results from them, too bad they couldn’t continue updating that model as the design itself was imo more room friendly than any following reference from that company.

Larsen speakers are the best at working with the Room instead of Against  it

The main problem is not given by the environment, but by the incorrect synergy of the components inserted between them, and many times the incorrect electrical phase.
By solving these problems, you can really feel the physical limits of your room.
Obviously, in a small room, you can not insert speakers that "need air around", as they would be suffocated.In addition, with a DSP software or an audio calibration process software like Dirac for example, you can intervene on the frequency response by fixing the problems.
But it is something that I prefer to avoid, as the end result will always be a compromise.

I think the most difficult problem do address is bass, and a DSP EQ in the bass region is a great solution. My room is bad for bass from 40hz downwards and I solved this with the Parading Persona 9H...I have a great sound now in my terrible room.