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Speakers for a 12 x 13 room

So I recently moved to a new room. Sure it's small at 12 x 13 but now I can dedicate it to audio complete with as many room treatments and posters of Otis Redding as my heart desires.

For speakers I am looking at monitors like the Devore 3XL, Audio Note J, and Harbeth Compact 7's. I selected these speakers on sonics (I've heard all but the Harbeth's) but mainly because the specs indicate that the speakers when placed out in the room don't go much below 40Hz.

I HATE boomy out of control bass and with a room as small as mine I feel that bass boom could be a problem. Is there a cut of frequency wise I should be looking for in speakers to avoid bloated bass?

I anticipate a number of nodes especially around 60Hz given my room dimensions so my thought was to have speakers that don't go to much lower than 40hz (-6db). Does that make any sense?

Thanks for the advice!
Vik
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Alon I
Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home (one pair for sale now)

Jaton Real A&V-803
Von Schweikert Audio UniField 3

Two old, two new/current production. Prices correspond. I've tried each in my 12 x 14 room to great results.

You'll need some absorption panels and diffusers, whatever you do. I
audiokinesis
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Boundary reinforcement in the bass region is typically stronger and sets in earlier (at a higher frequency) in small rooms. In my opinion we'd want the speaker's output in the bass region to be approximately the inverse of this room gain.

Several authors have placed "typical" room gain in the ballpark of 3 dB per octave below 100 Hz or so. This of course varies from room to room, and with speaker and listener positioning within a given room, and also with whether or not the doors into the room are open or closed.

All of that being said, a low-Q sealed box system (rolloff of approximately 6 dB per octave) would probably be a good starting point for a small, bass-heaviness-prone room. This wouldn't solve all the problems inherent in trying to get natural-sounding bass in a small room, but I think it would be a good start.

Duke
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What Duke says makes a lot of sense. And his own speakers are great!
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