If you are unable to listen at the suggested distance, you might consider the Presence or the Essence. If your room is small and you crave low bass, the Presence should couple to the room less. The Essence does not go as low.
Like the Definitions, the Presence has the built in bass amp but it can be biamped with your own amps and suitable external EQ/crossover box. You only need to run EQ/crossover to the woofer section since the Presence has no bass/midrange filter connected to the midrange driver. When using the built-in bass amp, that adds a roll-off and EQ boost to the woofer section. Using hardware/software such as XTZ, you can determine PEQ parameters. I use the dbX Driverack 260. It has a serial interface and you can program the box using the GUI from the listening position.
The Essence uses a ribbon tweeter and should have a bit more sparkle on top.
Toe-in and height leveing can effect the sound significantly. Jim Smith's book is very useful in getting the most out of speaker set-up.
Like the Definitions, the Presence has the built in bass amp but it can be biamped with your own amps and suitable external EQ/crossover box. You only need to run EQ/crossover to the woofer section since the Presence has no bass/midrange filter connected to the midrange driver. When using the built-in bass amp, that adds a roll-off and EQ boost to the woofer section. Using hardware/software such as XTZ, you can determine PEQ parameters. I use the dbX Driverack 260. It has a serial interface and you can program the box using the GUI from the listening position.
The Essence uses a ribbon tweeter and should have a bit more sparkle on top.
Toe-in and height leveing can effect the sound significantly. Jim Smith's book is very useful in getting the most out of speaker set-up.