photonman Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Great and interesting perspective. But on the flip side, there are ways to make a "big" system fit in small spaces. I live in an 1100 sf single story home where I have to be very efficient with the space and the floor design wastes nothing. When I redid the kitchen/dining area I made sure to leave a 7' wide area where I could squeeze in my system consisting of tower speakers, Pass Labs amp, dac and Mac source. The room acoustics may not be optimized as I am sure I am breaking many room treatment rules such as marble surfaces being adjacent, tile floors and wood furniture in front. But I would gain nothing by going to a smaller system. RIG: iFi Zen Stream - Benchmark DAC3 L - LA4 - AHB2 | Paradigm Sig S6 | Cables: anything available Link to comment
Popular Post photonman Posted August 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2019 On 7/22/2019 at 3:54 PM, ednaz said: ...I do believe that in general, there's an optimal speaker size for spaces. So true and just this morning my wife and I had a spirited discussion about music volume and then it hit me that my "big" system is wasted in this small space when we only listen at low volumes. Shoehorning this rig is not doing it justice and it is really underutilized. I did a quick A/B test utilizing Spotify connect to switch back and forth with my TV Sonos system (soundbar and surrounds) and I swear as much as I hate to admit it, the Sonos at one tenth the cost sounded better at our usual listening volumes! This article has definitely opened my eyes to rethink my audio strategy and as such I have listed my amp and speakers for sale. I am looking into an active speaker setup. If my low-fi Sonos is any indication of the active speaker world, I think it can work for me. Less wires, built in bi-amping, signal crossovers before amplification; all good things. The Computer Audiophile and ednaz 2 RIG: iFi Zen Stream - Benchmark DAC3 L - LA4 - AHB2 | Paradigm Sig S6 | Cables: anything available Link to comment
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