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Long wall vs, short wall

I am contemplating buying a pair of Dunlavy SC IVa speakers. My room is rather long (26 ft.) and narrow (12 ft.) and the ceiling is stepped (font half 7 ft. 3 in.. second half 8 ft. 2in.) the door is on one side wall towards the rear. There are two small windows in the rear half of the room on the other side. For all practical purposes, it would be impossible to have the speakers on the long wall. How well would these DSL speakers work firing down the length of the room? All other factors being otherwise equal would Thiel CS 6s work better in this room. Thanks.
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sean
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My experience with Dunlavy's and speakers of similar design are that they do indeed "require" a wider room. Due to their limited vertical dispersion and increased horizontal dispersion due to the MTM design, sidewall reflections become far more pronounced. On top of this, the taller vertical array would also work best in a room where you could sit slightly further back from them. If you can't give the speakers this type of installation, you will end up missing much of the "magic" that they are capable of. Sean
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