Have you gotten great sound in a small er room?


I have a room that's 13 x 20 with the old part of the room having 8' ceilings and the newer construction nearly 10'. I found that firing the speakers across the short wall was interesting sonically: more open-sounding than firing down the long wall (which I've traditionally done). The sound is more layered, but the imaging diffuse. However, the sidewall reflections are much more reduced (and i have considerable ASC tube traps, and an ASC wall damp in the room.
What's your experience in a smaller room? Were you able to get both the music, and the soundstaging to cohere in a smaller room?
gbmcleod

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Sure, but my room (19.5 x 13.5 x 9) has two large openings one on the long wall and one on the short wall. The speakers are on the short wall 10' apart and 5.5' off the wall behind them. The my ears are about 4.5' off the back wall. The system is triangulated and the center is a few inches off center to change radiation patterns. The speaker's, on-axis, are toed in well in front of the listening chair to reduce sidewall reflections and change the ceiling radiation patterns. Room treatments are limited to strategically placed domestic furnishings including an 8xll ft rug. Sounds pretty good to my ear. :-) BTW, it took me a long time to get this system set up and it included finding speakers that worked best in it as well as electronics.

I tried setting them on the long wall but I was unable to get the same 'spaciousness' and bass response. I did however get an excellent near field response, sans bass, due to the elimination of much of the reflections.