I have a long narrow room, about 15 x 40, with mostly glass along one wall and openings to a hallway an kitchen along the other. My speakers are about 18 inches from the corners on the narrow front wall. I replaced my old Ohm Walsh 4s with the 5000 upgrade. Fantastic. I have the bass set to medium, and have taken my REL T5 subs out of the system. Unless I sit in the middle of the living room with the speakers, I don’t think my room will ever be very ideal for pinpoint imaging, so I tried used Ohm Walsh 4s a few years ago. Haven’t thought of trying anything else since. They also sound great in the open kitchen, with plenty of bass, at the far end of the room which is essentially the back wall.
K-horn won't fit, any other corner speakers recommended for a big room?
I am dealing with two very small corners in a fairly large room that I want to fill with a very open and transparent sound. I currently have a set of VonSchweikert VR3's in the corners and they sound great on the bottom end, but are lacking the resolve that I am looking for on the top end. I would like something that is a little less laid back. As mentioned in the title, I would love to put in a set of Klipschorns but there is a window at each corner that will not allow a K-horn to fit without covering the window. This is a fairly big room (22 x 30 x9) with three walls of windows and large opening at the back of the room that goes to the kitchen. Due to WAF, the two corners on the 22' wall are the only locations that are acceptable and yes, my VR3's are about 20' apart. My listening zone is at about 24-25' away so it works out ok but soundstage and imaging does suffer because of this. My thoughts are that speakers that are meant to load off the corners of the room and aim towards the center (K-horn) is the correct path for me. In a perfect world, I would be able to enjoy them at 12' away as well as 24' away. Currently, my setup actually sounds better at 24'. Does anyone have suggestions for speakers that are meant to go into a corner or very close to corners? Ideally, I'd love to get a pair of Maggies because I have always loved them when set up correctly, but I don't know how I could make them work well within my constraints. One last comment, I still have small kids at home so the wife needs to stay in case that was Option 1. Anyone ever had this problem to deal with and did you ever solve it?
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Ohm is a good option. Only because I’ve used, owned or had most the old Klipsch, Altecs, Jensen, WE, JBL and Tannoy speakers, in this house, not other rooms MY rooms. Just because they make mention that they work best in a corner or what ever the manufacture recommend it doesn’t mean they work in your corners or your rooms. The only problem I’ve had with every horn or semi-horned speaker I’ve ever used. They are tough to get right in the best of rooms. Throwing in all the other weird stuff they DON’T play well with, like anything on a wall that deadens one side and not the other. Most Klipsch speakers like a lively room. They rely on a reflex response. You throw that out of kilter, you’ll measure until the cows come home, it will never image correctly, have a center phantom, or find a good position to listen. Either your ears aren’t big enough, one (ear) is to small or The sweet spot is in a place you can’t put your head. LOL (between your legs). You have to be a contortionist to listen to your system.. OHM. It’s mor betta’ (southern yak) The next problem is going to be able to gain match subs (low sensitivity) with high sensitivity speakers like horns. It never works. Your always fiddling with the gain on the lower one, in this case the sub. Make sure you have a remote on your sub system that will help.. I always matched drivers or had remotes and usually huge passive subs too. 4cf or larger. Tone control? I don't leave home without it, if you have horns you have to have tone control. PERIOD. It's like letting a baby run around without a dipper. What a mess WITHOUT control.. Get my drift..:-) Have fun though..:-) |
@rooze I'm with you on the dipole. I think that any dipoles will require too much space behind and beside them for me to seriously consider trying them out. Although I do believe that you don't know until you try. I have been looking at Ohm for quite some time and I do believe that the Walsh 5000 could be an excellent attempt to make it work. I may have to take advantage of the very generous at home trial period that Ohm offers to see if these would work. At full retail pricing, I'd have to start selling off a lot of equipment that I may not be ready to part with just yet. I have been speaking with John Huff of Huff Loudspeakers about some of his Omni's that he has leftover from his days in the industry. He seems to feel confident that his Huff Three would do well in a corner such as mine and is willing to make a deal. There is much debate about omni's out there and the lovers and haters both make great points. With my limited knowledge, I think that dipoles would be tough for me to pull off and omni's could be even harder to get right. Any thoughts on omni's for a very wide separation and corner placement in a big room?
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