Dream Speakers

Although they wouldn't fit in my listening room in the house so - Maybe the Magico M6s, but I'd have to actually listen to them. Sometimes the Sizzle is better than the steak . . . . .
 
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Raidho D3.

Any speaker larger than that would be stupid in 26m2 living room. The most expensive is not always the best. That avant-garde monstrosity with basshorns would not fit through any of my doors.
 
Always been a Dynaudio Fan and from the time I heard the Consequence I wanted a pair, with the related Arbiter Electronics.

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Mordante said:
Raidho D3.

Any speaker larger than that would be stupid in 26m2 living room. The most expensive is not always the best. That avant-garde monstrosity with basshorns would not fit through any of my doors.
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Well said. Many audiophiles make the mistake of putting a too large speaker in their room.

Resulting potential issues:
  • bass problems
  • soundstage problems (a speaker needs to be able to fully 'disappear' in terms of localization of sound, many large speakers can't unless in a very large room)
  • problems with driver coherence at the listening seat (if you have to sit closer than the distance where drivers truly blend)
I also have a 26m2 living room (7.2 m x 3.6 m, 2.6 meter high; 24 x 12 x 8.5 feet), and I have Reference 3A MM DeCapo BE monitors and a REL sub. I would be reluctant to try anything substantially bigger than that in my room. My dream speaker (mentioned earlier in the thread): Reference 3A Reflector monitor.
 
Al M. said:
Well said. Many audiophiles make the mistake of putting a too large speaker in their room.

Resulting potential issues:
  • bass problems
  • soundstage problems (a speaker needs to be able to fully 'disappear' in terms of localization of sound, many large speakers can't unless in a very large room)
  • problems with driver coherence at the listening seat (if you have to sit closer than the distance where drivers truly blend)
I also have a 26m2 living room (7.2 m x 3.6 m, 2.6 meter high; 24 x 12 x 8.5 feet), and I have Reference 3A MM DeCapo BE monitors and a REL sub. I would be reluctant to try anything substantially bigger than that in my room. My dream speaker (mentioned earlier in the thread): Reference 3A Reflector monitor.
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so very true , that said people said ml summits were too big for my room but they were brilliant with a bit of treatment and some Townshend stella stands
 
There several that would be on my list: (ok, I'm cheating a bit)

- MBL 101 Extremes
- Avangarte Treos (have not heard them yet but love the 2s)
- Wilson WAMMs (come on, have to at least consider them)

Ok, back to earth, maybe upgrade to the Alexias Series 2. Although, I'm quite happy with the original version.
 
There was a good point made here about finding a speaker that is appropriate for the room, so I have to ask ... is this the dream speaker for our current room, or are we allowed to dream bigger and add a new houst into the mix with a space larger than we have now?

If "yes" on the house then I would have to go with MBL's, and make sure that the upstream components are also included in the lottery I would need to fund the whole thing.
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During the long nights I'm dreaming (along the very stretched budget limitation - this part comes in awake mode) to the following - Magico S3 mkII, Vanderteen Treo or Quatro CT and Piega Coax 90.2 or 711...one day I'll stop dreaming of those and bring one into the living room :cool:
 
BobM said:
There was a good point made here about finding a speaker that is appropriate for the room, so I have to ask ... is this the dream speaker for our current room, or are we allowed to dream bigger and add a new houst into the mix with a space larger than we have now?

If "yes" on the house then I would have to go with MBL's, and make sure that the upstream components are also included in the lottery I would need to fund the whole thing.
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Bob - good point! I think we have to go with the bigger house, bigger room approach. The room requirements for each of our dream speakers would be quite different. Those MBL 101 Xtremes need a big big big room. I heard them in a 25 x 35 and it was too small!
 
If I could afford my Dream Speakers, I would already have the Dream House and dedicated Dream Listening Room large enough for them :) But it's all just a dream.
 
BobM said:
There was a good point made here about finding a speaker that is appropriate for the room, so I have to ask ... is this the dream speaker for our current room, or are we allowed to dream bigger and add a new houst into the mix with a space larger than we have now?

If "yes" on the house then I would have to go with MBL's, and make sure that the upstream components are also included in the lottery I would need to fund the whole thing.
:exciting::yahoo1::woot:
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If I had the resources to go to extremes, I would do the right thing and have two systems in two different size rooms: one for large-scale music in a large room, one for smaller scale (e.g. jazz quartet, chamber) in a smaller room. There is no way that a single system can do it all perfectly, portray the grandiosity of large-scale (e.g. orchestral) and the intimacy of chamber or solo voice in the same convincing manner.

Think about it: many great concert venues have a large and a small hall, each for different kinds of music. Now ask yourself, why would that be? Do you think you can beat the laws of acoustics in your room where designers of concert halls clearly can't?
 
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