Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms

I got to thinking, I listen to my stereo indirectly a great deal of the time. I'm at my desk 90% of the time, in the kitchen area, but the stereo is in the living room.  Honestly it sounds really nice (for a humble system).

Must be the GIK Acoustics. :)

Best,

E

@papafrog:

So is there universal agreement that given $x to spend, one should spend some of that on basic room treatment thereby getting better sound out of whatever speaker is chosen?

Nothing in audiophile land is universal, but the acousticians and my own experience says yes. You don’t have to think of this as a percentage, but room treatment makes rooms more speaker friendly, more bass and subwoofer friendly as well. Many 2-way speakers will sound much bigger with room treatment. So much so a 3-way or subwoofer may be less important.

Timbral balance, imaging, transparency and resolution all are enhanced by a good room. I can highly recommend GIK acoustic products regardless of the cost of the rest of the equipment.

But the point of this thread was, in my mind, a thought exercise, what if these are not options? What then?

I like Larson and Janszen also. I will add Spatial and Amphion to the mix - both control directivity pretty well.

I'll get crapped on here but...

The best speakers for bad rooms IMO are the Bose 901's.  Those things can be set up darn near anywhere and still sound pretty good.  At one time I had them on top of my Dunlavy SC-IV's and they still sounded nice.  Go figure.

Whenever my ugly audiophile tendencies rears its head, I'll put the 901's into my system for a while to just relax and enjoy the music.  

Mamoru

The best speakers for bad rooms IMO are the Bose 901's.  Those things can be set up darn near anywhere and still sound pretty good.

Agreed. Except for the "sound pretty good" part.