What makes a speaker too big for a given room?


Aside from the visuals, of course. I've heard people refer to the idea of a speaker being appropriate (or not) for a given room.

Curious to hear people's thoughts as I have a small-ish space and want to upgrade this year.
fripp1

Showing 1 response by mapman

Good question.

Drivers are too far apart to sound coherent in close proximity.

Also bass can be too much sometimes and muddy up the sound even
further.

Also most speakers do imaging and soundstage better if away from walls
and this can practically be harder to accomplish with large speakers in a
small room.