I guess this brings me to another question. I know my room is less than desirable for speaker placement. It is "L" shaped. When facing my speakers, to the left of my left speaker it is open to my dining room. My right speaker is about a foot and a half away from the wall. That wall has 2 huge windows on it. What can I do to compensate for the large opening to the left? I have very large (floor to ceiling) curtains on the two windows on the right wall, I think that helps on that side. I'd prefer not to drape a curtain across my dining room. Any suggestions?
Am I missing something?
I have a system that I consider wonderful. It consists of Musical fidelity A3.2cr amp/pre, cambridge audio d300se cdp, Music Hall mmf 2.1 turntable, and Monitor Audio Silver 4i speakers on custom stands. I know it is mostly a budget based system, and I have never heard of anyone else saying anything possitive about these speakers, but I couldn't point out a single thing that they do wrong. I have heard Martin logans, sonus faber, vienna accoustics, paradigm, athena, and some others, and I know this sounds crazy, but I like my $850 Monitor Audio Silver 4i's better than them all. I have a very long listening room (almost 30ft by 13ft, speakers on the short wall) and they fill the room with a very pleasant sound. I know there are better speakers out there, but if I was unsatisfied with the other speakers I mentioned, what speakers do you think would fit my listening taste? I know stereophile auditioned my amp/pre with Sonus faber cremonas and said that the combo was "one of the best", and I didn't get a chance to listen to the cremonas, so these may be a good choice. Any other suggestions?