So, Rrog, "whether the room will allow the bass to develop properly". I was trying to think along those lines. Should this mean you want your bass produced by smaller drivers? say, 7" drivers? Because typically in larger speakers you're going to get larger drivers for the low end--maybe 10, 12, even 15" drivers (woofers, cones, whatever). In fact, a lot of subwoofers have those larger drivers--10" at least so it seems antithetical to insert a subwoofer into any small room based on that. On the other hand, a small room may not give you enough bass simply for lack of room volume and if you can get enough air movement via the larger driver (subwoofer or no) then it seems that the argument fails. I've got a 11.5' wide by 15.5' long space, open on one side and I'm debating whether I should bring in B&W 803 Diamonds (larger) or the 804 Diamonds (smaller, but still floor standers).
