Nightmare


I am sleep deprived!

Will be moving in to a newly bought house mid next year and I will not be "allowed" to keep the Hifi in the Living room anymore. Living room is so awkwardly shaped, it is not hifi-worthy anyway.

However, I will have a room of 8'X16' dedicated for Music. Now I am seriously worried about the width being only 8'. I currently use ML Aerius i's and they are kept well away from the side walls (2 feet away) and at least 6 feet apart from each other. Will I have any chance at all, getting the placement right in such a narrow room?

Alternatively, I am considering parting with (sadly though) my electrostatics and exploring the Nirvana in Horn/SET camp, since I have heard that horns can be safely placed right next to the side walls. Did listen to Lowther DX-4s driven by an Atma S-30. Sounded pretty good, but something was missing.

Please SMS (Save my Soul) !!!

Thanks,
amal

Showing 1 response by mikesinger

well. here is my opinion.... the room dimensions are bad...but not really that bad. really bad would be a perfect cube

you should be able to amke it work. your martin logans are dipoles so you can place them fairly close to the sidewalls. the back and forth distance is used to reinforce /cancel the backwave. so your front back is going to critical in the setup as well as your listening position.

in regards to the audio physic... humm... i would try to make the ml's work first. i have ap libra's and yes you can sit close to them, they are designed for near field listening HOWEVER, they are very sensitive to side wall placement due to side firing woofers.

i i would research a "lede" live end/dead end room acoustic design and go from there.

good luck,

mike