Active speakers for a large room

Thanks for your comments. Passive monitors are not really an option as it would mean changing most of the system. Power is not really a problem; the Genelecs are turned way down as it is. Speaker placement is pretty much fixed as it is, being ideal for movies and having already installed the in-wall cabling. The right far field monitor might work, perhaps a JBL. Is there a particular one which is designed to disperse the sound more? I think I owe you some further history. The P30 is a quality 5.2 channel processor which I had listened to for years in 5.2 mode for music. It gave me the ambience I was after, but when I tried the RME stereo DAC, there was a distinct improvement in the sound quality, even off axis, something that I am loathe to sacrifice. I think it would take big bucks to find a multi-channel processor to match it, so I am invested once again in stereo. My hope now is that greater, though not perfect, dispersion might be achieved by changing the two main speakers only. By concentrating my resources on just 2 speakers I can afford a significant upgrade. I am currently looking at a pair of PMC result6, which are a definite step up and might be classed as mid-field. Perhaps it is sacrilege, but I am also finding that extreme toe-in is helping, maybe because, in most parts of the room, the closest speaker is facing away and the far one is facing me. As ever, this exercise will be a compromise. Thanks again for your help; further comments appreciated.

sorry gregm; saw your post after i posted mine. i can´t find the M3. do you have a link?

rego, thanks for the suggestions. It was only worth getting a 2 channnel DAC as the others would have had to undergo a A-D-A conversion in the P30; not a good idea. In the end I have decided to buy the PMC speakers, as I got a good price and I know at least they will give me an excellent stereo system. They are supposed to have reasonably wide dispersion. Cheers

Just to let you know, in the end I bought the pair of PMC result6. As soon as they were turned on I heard a big improvement, in all aspects. Aside from great clarity, they have a bigger presence in the room and wider dispersion. Naturally, with only stereo, volume varies through the room, but in most, possibly all, zones I think that the quality of sound is better than I could get at the price with multi-channel. Thanks for your comments.

I didn´t; somewhat out of my price range. + We have cats, so I needed them to be wall-mounted, away from easy reach.

Using PMC supplied tilt and turn wall mounts, I placed the speakers towards the middle of a long wall, about 9 feet apart, at head height, usually with heavy toe in. The minimalist room has it´s sonic problems and might benefit from some room correction. They don´t sound small; if I have them at 20% volume and the pre-amp at 50% it is neighbour-complaining loud. There are also 2 subwoofers.