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What makes speaker's sound big?

Does a speaker need to have many drivers or a large driver area to sound big and fill the room?
I am asking this question because I have a pair of tekton design double impact and would like to replace them with smaller speakers and a pair of subwoofer's to better integrate the bass into my room.
I just borrowed a set of B&W 702S. The are good but the just don't make that floor to ceiling sound that I like.
Maybe I have already answered my own question (: But again I have not heard all the speakers out there.
My room measure 15x19' and the ceiling goes from 7.5 to 12.8'

martin-andersen

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sounds_real_audio
1,019 posts
 
The final answer which on these threads is always, sub woofers. 
Sub woofers are like 400 watt amplifiers...why would you want more watts if the first watt sounds like crap. Why would you want to add subs to a system that sounds like crap..
sounds_real_audio
1,019 posts
 
Not having read every response I would say that the amplifier has a hell of a lot to do with the sound..
sounds_real_audio
1,019 posts
 
audio2design
You are exactly correct. All of these issues and many more make the difference. 
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