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Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>3-18-08 Shadorne: Why not try pulling those beautiful Kharma's well out into the room and away from the side walls....(while the wife is out) and see if it sounds better?<<Of course it does sound better, but a) the wife always comes ... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>03-18-08: Onhwy61To take a step back for a second, you're more likely to have success if you first match the speakers to the room and then match an amplifier to the speakers. You seem to be trying to collapse these two separate steps into ... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>05-21-07: AtmasphereAnytime you are investing in tube amplifier technology, that investment will be best served by a speaker that is at least 8 ohms or more. Tube amps, with rare exception, have reduced performance into four ohms.<<S... 
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>>05-21-07: AtmasphereAnytime you are investing in tube amplifier technology, that investment will be best served by a speaker that is at least 8 ohms or more. Tube amps, with rare exception, have reduced performance into four ohms. <<... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>3-17-08 MacrojackMy question for you is: If your room is so large, why must you squeeze your speakers into a narrow space?<<Do you really need to know the geography of my living room? Surely it would bore you??? Take it from me, I ha... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>> 3-17-08 Tvad: I find that surprising, and almost incredible. The advice from Bill is completely at odds with advice Ralph has given me over the past few months.<<I'll find Ralph and clarify this before taking a b-i-g 500 lb step lik... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
Tyler says no problem with the Woodmeres and Bill at Atma-Sphere says no problem (4 ohms, dips to low 3's, 91 db sensitivity)- so it seems between the Zu Definitions and Woodmeres so far......... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
Audiofeil have a pair of Defintions that have an impedance of 30 that are custom made specifically for OTL amps. I'll ask Ralph about the Woodmeres. 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
Tvad, I appreciate your input thus far (as usual). Which of all these contenders have you heard? 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>03-16-08: Tvad10" wide limit? Wow.<<I can stretch it to 18" - just wont be able to open the drawer next to it. That means the Tyler Woodmeres, Zu Definitions, Presesnce of those mentioned, would do. There's a used pair of the former ... 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
Thank you for the very helpful responses. The Classic Audio Reproduction line look fine, but are too wide for my space. The Kharamas are 7" wide - I cant go much beyond 10" wide to fit in the apce between the amp Boxes and the corners. 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>Could it be that your speakers are big enough, but the real problem is dynamic compression if they are forced to produce full range music they they can't in order to fill the room? <<I dont know how to answer that. Anybody? 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
>>Get some horns why mess arround you have a large space get a large loudspeaker to fill it.<<Tyler Woodmeres, Dynaudio Temptations are large.......Horns are ugly. Wife hates ugly. Also, I'm not changing amps. 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
Budget: $15K (new or used) 
Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently
80-90 db, Atma-Sphere MA 2.2 OTLs, 220 WPC.